Pride, Social Equality and the Condition of Man

From my homilist today, a commentary on the Preacher's canonical subject: pride. What is the cause of our constant bickering about equality (or equity or covetousness or any one of a number of social inventions) from social justice to social preening to entrepreneurship to warfare?

"The beginning of human pride is to forsake the Lord; the heart has withdrawn from its Maker." (Ecclesiasticus 10:12)

Illustration from Wikimedia Commons: Illustration des Bibelspruchs aus Jesus Sirach 25, 17.


When we compare ourselves to one another yes, perhaps there are distinctions.  When we compare ourselves to God Almighty, the distinctions blur into dust and ashes.


Let us apply our hearts unto wisdom and not withdraw them from our Maker.