Choose a topic from Part 2B:
1. Derision is "making fun of a person." It is"laughing a person to scorn." In its serious form, thatis, when it is not a mere bit of banter, or a light joke, it seeksto shame a man.
2. Derision, when it is a jest or half-jest, may be only aslight offense and a venial sin, or perhaps no sin at all. But inits full character, as a serious and unjust attempt to bring shameon a person, derision is a mortal sin. It seems that derision, as agrave sin, is more evil than reviling.
"There is nothing which gives greater security to our actions, or more effectually cuts the snares the devil lays for us, than to follow another person’s will, rather than our own, in doing good."
St Philip Neri
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"To do God's will -- this was the goal upon which the saints constantly fixed their gaze. They were fully persuaded that in this consists the entire perfection of the soul. "
St Alphonsus de Liguori
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"God speaks to us without ceasing by his good inspirations."
The Cure D'Ars
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