For the Pontiff, “the evil of vanity has its remedy in itself: the praise that the vain person hoped to reap from the world will soon turn against him.”
“The most beautiful instruction to overcome vainglory is found in the testimony of Saint Paul,” the catechism continues. Thus, after asking God to free him from a defect, Jesus responded: “My grace is enough for you because strength is fully manifested in weakness,” the Pope recalls.
“From that day, Pablo was released. And his conclusion should also be ours: ‘I will boast most gladly of my weaknesses, so that the strength of Christ may dwell in me,’” the catechism concludes.