VER. 9— 14. ST. LUKE. G03 clothedwithpride,castshim down to hell. GREEK Ex. To Asterius. bediligentin prayerwas the lessontaughtby our Lord in theparableofthewidow and thejudge,He now instructsus howwe shoulddirectourprayersto Him, in orderthatour prayersmay notbe fruitless.The Phariseewas condemned becausehe prayedheedlessly.As itfollows,The Pharisee stoodandprayedwithhimself.THEOPHYL. Itissaid"stand ing,"to denotehishaughtytemper. For hisveryposture betokenshisextremepride.BASIL." He prayedwithhim- Basil.inself,"thatis,not with God, hissinofpridesenthim back 8ai'c' " intohimself.It follows,God, I thank Thee. AUG. His Aug.faultwas not thathe gave God thanks,but thathe askedn]jm' fornothingfurther.Becausethou artfulland aboundest, thouhastno needto say,Forgiveus ourdebts.What then mustbe hisguiltwho impiouslyfightsagainstgrace,when he is condemned who proudlygivesthanks? Let those hearwho say," God has made me man, I made myself righteous."O worseand more hatefulthan the Pharisee, who proudlycalledhimselfrighteous,yet gave thanks to Godthathe was so. THEOPHYL.Observethe orderof the Pharisee'sprayer. He firstspeaksofthatwhich he had not,and then ofthat whichhe had. As itfollows,That I am not as othermen are.AUG. He might at leasthave said,"as many men;" Aug. forwhatdoeshe mean by " othermen,"but allbesideshim self?"I am righteous,"he says,"the restare sinners." GREG. There are differentshapesin which the prideofGreg.23. self-confidentmen presentsitself;when theyimaginethat eitherthegood inthem isof themselves; orwhen believing itisgiventhem from above,thattheyhave receiveditfor theirown merits; or at any ratewhen theyboastthatthey havethatwhich theyhave not. Or lastly,when despising otherstheyaim at appearingsingularin the possessionof thatwhich they have. And in thisrespectthe Pharisee awardstohimselfespeciallythe meritof goodworks. AUG. Aug.Seehow he derivesfrom the Publicannearhim a freshoc-ut8up' casionforpride. It follows,Or evenas thisPublican; as ifhe says," I standalone,he isone oftheothers." CHRYS.To despisethewholeraceof man was notenough Chrys. forhim; he must yetattackthePublican.He would have