The Tenth Commandment: You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.
What is envy, and how can you fight against it?
Envy is sadness and annoyance at the sight of another's well-being and the desire to acquire unjustly what others have. Anyone who wishes other people ill commits a serious sin. Envy decreases when we try to rejoice more and more in the accomplishments and gifts of others, when we believe in God's benevolent providence for ourselves as well, and when we set our hearts on true wealth, which consists of the fact that we already participate in God's life through the Holy Spirit. (YOUCAT question 466)
Dig Deeper: CCC section (2538-2543) and other references here.
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