Day Twenty-Three // March 23 // The Roots of Selfishness “The poison of selfishness destroys the world.” – Catherine of Siena –
Lurking in the shadows of Eden, born of the rotted fruit of that forbidden tree, selfishness stirs within each of us. In fact, it’s been said that the seed of selfcenteredness and self-seeking lies at the heart of every human sin. It’s there in pride. It’s there in lust. It’s there in rage, envy and deceit. It’s self-centeredness that prods us to wag our tongues with gossip. It’s self-centeredness that riles the waves of greed. Even now, the serpent’s intoxicating hiss beckons: you can be like God. It can all be about you. It should be all be about you. But the call of faith, the call of Lent, the call of Gethsemane, Calvary and Christ begs something different; it begs something better. They summon us to a life lived for something bigger, to a life lived for Someone bigger… to the One who, moved with holy selflessness, prayed, “Nevertheless.”
