Christ the Greatest Hero in Battle

give nourishment to his vice, need only satisfy his desires for the possession of earthly goods, and behold, he allows himself to be steered according to their will. Here again is the most shameful slavery on God’s earth, because its chains are worn voluntarily! — Just as greed original: "Habsucht", a strong term for avarice or the "sickness of having", as a degenerated instinct, increases in inner strength, in that same measure the remaining instincts of the heart lose their influence. Gratitude, love, friendship, a sense of honor, and moral sense are therefore unable to move the greedy person toward what is noble, great, and for the common good. In a case of conflict Collisions-Falle: a situation where moral duties or personal interests clash, forcing a choice, he acts instead ungratefully, lovelessly, hostilely, shamefully, and against all morality, if only he can thereby gain temporal advantages for his person.

Now he is only one step away from crime. Some favorable circumstances align, and that step is also taken. The criminal stands there, and before he realizes it, his ruin is complete. While he was working toward it, he did not notice; now he is terrified by himself and by the sad consequences. This is, in brief, the moral history of a Judas,