Just the other day I was listening to The Rev. Winnie Varghese, Rector at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Atlanta. (Click on link below) She was preaching from Luke 18, the parable of the two men who went to pray in the temple. One was thanking God that he was not like other men, telling God how great he was, while the other was asking God for mercy. It is the latter who was justified by God.