What is the sin of false solicitude?
By this is meant that solicitude the sole object of which is the seeking after temporal things, or after some empty vanity, or that which makes one fear inordinately the loss of these things (LV. 6).
Is there a solicitude for temporal things that is good?
Yes, it is that solicitude for temporal things that seeks them in a moderate way, by ordaining them to the end of charity, and by trusting to the providence of God (LV. 6).
What is to be said of that solicitude which regards the future?
This solicitude is always bad when it usurps what should be left to the future (LV. 7).
When is solicitude for the future good?
That solicitude is good when it contents itself to provide for the future in so far as the future depends upon those things which should occupy the attention here and now; leaving alone for future consideration the things that are future (LV. 7).
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