La Palma, A Treatise on the Particular Examen of Conscience
La Palma, A Treatise on the Particular Examen of Conscience, 1873, pp. 91–92
- § III. Instances of Covetousness.—Lust cannot last without presents and money; thus, greed of gain is the offspring of lust. This is to be suppressed.
- (1) By renouncing all unjust usurpation and whatever may savour thereof, and restoring what is ill-gotten.
- (2) By setting bounds to one's love of gain, even when lawful, lest, as St. Paul says, "We fall into the snare of the devil." (3) If a Religious, by having naught that is his own, by giving, receiving, or lending nothing without leave. (4) By ridding oneself of costly, curious, rare objects, and of whatever savours of the world. (5) By not making use of more things than are needed, and of such only as are common, and are kept in a public place, not in one's room. (6) By avoiding bootless and dangerous thoughts and desires, "which," as St. Paul bears witness, "drown men in destruction and perdition."