By St John of the cross
Of some imperfections which some of these souls are apt to have, with respect to the second capital sin, which is avarice, in the spiritual sense.
Many of these beginners have also at times great spiritual avarice. They will be found to be discontented with the spirituality which God gives them ; and they are very disconsolate and querulous because they find not in spiritual things the consolation that they would desire.....Furthermore, they burden themselves with images and rosaries which are very curious; now they put down one, now take up another .....here I condemn the attachment of the heart, and the affection which they have for the nature, multitude and curiosity of these things, inasmuch as it is quite contrary to poverty of spirit , which considers only the substance of devotion, makes use only of what suffices for that end and grows weary of this other kind of multiplicity and curiosity.....
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