Devil's Favorite Sin

Pride.  This was the answer in the article entitled "What is the devil's favorite sin?  An exorcist responds". [1]  The exorcist priest, Fr. Gallego who was interviewed, did not elaborate further, but this entry will make an attempt to do so on his behalf.

Pride is the gateway to conflict, between man and nature to between siblings and between friends, and between people with power to the unilateral exercise of power [2].  Conflicts light the fuse that can lead to man's destruction and his eventual extinction which is what the devil wants.  Therefore pride is the devil's favorite sin.

Pride is also a sin against God.  Priests who have pride serve God tangentially but are primarily serving their own egos. They crave power and will exercise it in ways that are repugnant.  For example, a priest who asks parishioners to kneel and kiss his ring before handing to them a palm on Palm Sunday [3] but does not wash the dirty feet of those serving him on Holy Thursday is a prideful priest.  Followers of Christ who feed on pride eat out of the palm of the devil much to the devil's delight.

Pride being the devil's favorite sin is no surprise since pride is the devil's own sin against God.  The devil cannot be happier to have man follow its path of pride to Hell rather than the humble steps of Jesus to Heaven.  The devil is the Evil One, Satan, the Fallen Angel who was once God's most beautiful angel Lucifer who, because of pride, placed himself above man and revolted against God when all the angels, including Lucifer, were asked to serve man.


[1] http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/what-is-the-devils-favorite-sin-an-exorcist-responds-55789/
[2] An example of the unilateral exercise of power is the pre-emptive strike. Whoever is so cocksure and has the stench of arrogance to think that he is so right and righteous that he could order an army to invade another country and kill people without provocation while sacrificing the lives of those who have been ordered to carry out the killings has to be at the pinnacle of pride sitting at the right hand of the devil, and alongside him, his supporters. See http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2002-09-20-bush-military-strategy_x.htm
[3] This actually occurred at a Mass this blogger attended on Holy Thursday, 2015.