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We want to be saved from poverty, but not from our greed.

This is the one we refuse to look at. The capacity for cruelty inside your own heart. The grudge you nourish like a garden. The addiction you defend. The pride that masquerades as virtue. This is the evil Jesus pointed to when he said, “It’s not what goes into a person that defiles them, but what comes out.” Libranos del Mal

And then, after the prayer, do the hard part: look at the person in the mirror. Look at the person you’ve been avoiding. Look at the quiet, ordinary evil of your own small cruelties. We want to be saved from poverty, but not from our greed