Esse quam videri meaning3/24/2023 ![]() But Jesus confronts them with a parable of two sons. John had some choice words for them in Matthew 3:7-12. In point of fact, they can’t stand him, but because his prophetic preaching was popular with the crowds, they hide their opinions and were even brazen enough to receive his baptism disingenuously. The chief priests and elders of the people have just been busy keeping up the appearances of having no problem with John the Baptist. But if you’re interested in actually becoming a better person, look no further than this week’s Sunday Gospel. Special thanks to for these deep insights on how to look like a better person. ![]() Prolong the shallow definition of your own self-worth with the “Rise” filter. Just apply “Mayfair.” Wrinkles coming on? Don’t let that be an invitation to grow in maturity or deepen in your understanding of what actually matters in life. Want a sharper, chiseled-looking face? No need to exercise or eat right. Instagram’s “Inkwell” filter takes care of that. Want whiter-looking teeth? No need to improve your oral hygiene. Why volunteer at your own parish when, with the touch of a button, you can much more easily virtue-signal about helping people to hundreds, thousands, millions of “followers” who will never know what you’re actually doing with your time on a given day? Why learn Latin when you can use Google Translate and make it look like you know original Cicero quotes from memory? Is that not the truth? And in the “age of the image” we currently inhabit, Cicero’s age-old wisdom becomes only more glaringly true. It’s part of a quote from Cicero’s essay On Friendship written all the way back in 44 B.C., where he reflects that, “Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.”
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