Amputating Pride: Christ's Healing Touch

Jesus, the Physician of souls, amputates vainglory, by Cyril of Alexandria

(376-444 AD) "The passion and lust of pride attacked some of the holy apostles.

The mere argument about who of them was the greatest is the mark of an ambitious person,

eager to stand at the head of the rest. Christ, who did not sleep,

knows how to deliver. He saw this thought in the disciple's mind, springing up,

in the words of Scripture (Hebrews 12:15), like some bitter plant.

He saw the weeds, the work of the wicked sower. Before it grew up tall,

struck its root down deep, grew strong, and took possession of the heart,