From SpiritualDirection.com:
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus denounces the scribes and Pharisees: “They love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market places, and being called rabbi by men” (Matt. 23:6–7). The scribes and Pharisees sought the places of honor for themselves, rather than giving all honor to God. Honor comes from the Latin honorem, meaning “honor, dignity, office, reputation.” It involves merited respect or recognition, which is why we are called to honor our father and mother, as the fourth commandment teaches. We also pay honor to those in high office, or to those who have achieved advanced degrees.
The saints recognized that worldly honors, even titles within the Catholic Church, can be deadly to humility when we seek them for themselves and cling to them. St. Jane Frances de Chantal once said, “I would sooner see my monastery buried in the sea, than ambition or the desire of office enter it.” Prideful people seek honor as their greatest treasure, whereas the godly seek to redirect all honor where it rightly belongs: to God alone.