Wednesday, July 11, 2018

"We say, dear brethren, that rash judgment arises from a proud and envious heart, and this is easily understood.  The proud and envious have a good opinion only of themselves and they attribute everything that their neighbor does to mad motives;  the good which they perceive in their neighbor, anger and vexes them....This sin kills by a slow fire.  O, what a sad life!  But all the happier is the life of those who do not criticize their neighbors, and who take everything for the best!  Their soul is at peace, they think badly only of themselves, and in consequence humble themselves before God and implore His mercy."   St. John Vianney, Sermon on Rash Judgement

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