other men, unjust, grasping, adulterous, as this tax collector is. I fast twice a week, I give tithes on whatever I possess.’ The tax collector, however, stood afar off and did not raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast as he said: ‘God be merciful to me a sinner.’ I say to you, this man went home justified rather than the pharisee. Because everybody who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be lifted up” (Lk 18:10–14). Dearest brothers, now that we know the manner