Excellent book. Practical insight into how we live our lives. Takes a look at the work of Thomas Aquinas and helps us apply it to our life in the current generation.
Gently convicting and eye opening. Points us to the root of our problem....pride.

1 John 4:18 English Standard Version (ESV)
18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

This will be a book I return to.

The most frequent command in the Bible is "do not be afraid."
"When we are afraid we won’t get what we need, or worry that we won’t have enough, it makes sense to spend our energy on constant acquisition, pursuing abundance to achieve self-sufficiency- this is the vice of avarice. When we are afraid that justice will not be done or that we won’t get our just deserts unless we personally take charge of doling out vengeance in the way we see fit then the vice of wrath takes hold. When we are afraid that we will not be accepted by others, that we won’t fit in or live up to others’ expectations, and thus do our best to hide behind a falsely inflate reputation- this is vainglory. When we are afraid we are not worth anything unless we are better than others, and we are afraid we can’t compete with them, so we engineer their downfall - this is envy. When we are afraid we will always feel empty and needy, so we fill ourselves with pleasures we can supply for ourselves - this is gluttony. When we are afraid we are unlovable, so we use people to gratify ourselves without ever giving ourselves in return - this is lust. When we are afraid of the effort loving others will cost us, we hold everyone, even God, at arm’s length in indifference - this is sloth…….the more we understand the dynamics of sin and the deep network of its combined forces in us, the more amazing we will find the grace and power promised to us to help us change.”