…when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you –Gospel of Matthew

Let us hence conclude, that the knowledge of ourselves is the most proper remedy against vainglory–it is also the last means we propose to protect us from it. If we enter a little into ourselves, and take an account of what we are, we shall see nothing we can be proud of, but rather many things to humble and confound us….Hence Job said, “That he feared all his actions”.; that is, he had an extreme mistrust of himself, because of the many imperfections and defects which easily intermix with all he did (prayer included)…–St Alphonsus Rodriguez

Alphonso Rodriguez