1. First: Be humble. Don’t be vain. (Humility over Pride)
2. Second: Be generous. Don’t be envious. (Generosity over Envy)
3. Third: Be chaste. Don’t be filthy. (Chastity over Lust)
4. Fourth: Be patient. Don’t be angry. (Patience over Wrath)
5. Fifth: Be disciplined. Don’t overeat. (Temperance over Gluttony)
6. Sixth: Be charitable. Don’t be greedy. (Charity over Greed)
7. Seventh: Be diligent. Don’t be lazy. (Diligence over Sloth)
Be diligent. Don’t be lazy. (Diligence over Sloth)
Sloth isn’t just laziness. At its core is a defective love. Sloth is laziness that comes from carelessness about the commands and priorities of God, a lack of love for God and His ways. Diligence or zeal can cure slothfulness by placing the interest of others above a life of ease and relaxation.
Romans 12:11:
"Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord"
St. Ignatius of Loyola
"Idleness is hell's fishhook for catching souls"
St Thomas Aquinas
"It is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses man as to draw him away entirely from good deeds"
St John Paul II
"The fact is that attaining or realizing a higher value demands a greater effort of will. So in order to spare ourselves the effort, to excuse our failure to obtain this value, we minimize its significance, deny it the respect which it deserves, even see it as in some way evil, even though objectivity requires us to recognize that it is good. Resentment possesses as you see the distinctive characteristics of the cardinal sin called sloth. St Thomas defines sloth (acedia) as ‘a sadness arising from the fact that the good is difficult’."
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