Last I checked pride is still a sin. So I was wondering when are the months that celebrate the other deadly sins such as lust, envy, anger, greed, gluttony and sloth?
Anger could be in April because that’s when we pay our taxes.
Sloth? Maybe February because that’s the shortest month and the economy can’t have us all lying about for too long.
Gluttony could definitely be from Thanksgiving to New Years. I mean, we’re doing it anyway so we might as well make it official.
Lust and greed are our national past time so it feel strange to limit them to just a month or two.
I started writing this as just a stupid joke but halfway into it I realized that our culture is almost entirely based on these sins. Lust? Greed? Sloth? Anger? Envy? Pride?
In fairness, these are the hallmarks of humanity. God offers graces to help us overcome these desires but the new thing we’re bringing to this is that we no longer even recognize these sins as sins. We just redefine it away.
I wonder if the Bible has anything to say how that’ll turn out.
June 1, 2022 at 10:55 pm
Haven’t you noticed? Pride Month is also the month of Lust, Envy, and Wrath.
June 2, 2022 at 11:04 am
And greed. Its a corpo advirtising event.
June 1, 2022 at 11:10 pm
Pride in the most Sacred Heart of Jesus month!
June 2, 2022 at 8:27 am
I wonder if we had more Eucharistic processions (if that’s what you call them?) and saint’s day parades if that would get people thinking about the glory of God more? I mean, Malta has these huge fests to celebrate the various parishes’ patron saint. There’s been Eucharistic processions in places of great sin and pain and they have brought light to those areas.
I wonder if we’re huddled in our churches too much. We have every right to organize a parade to celebrate our saints as much as others have a right to march in protest. Imagine if we had a procession at the national cathedral on the Immaculate Conception feast day? How beautiful would that be!