Saturday, March 9 : Saint John-Mary Vianney

We see that the Pharisee considered the publican very accurately to be a thief, because he received taxes; By saying this, without knowing it, he asked more than it was necessary and he only used his authority to proclaim injustice. However, this alleged thief withdrew from the feet of God, justified, and this Pharisee, who believed himself perfect, goes before God more guilty; This shows us that, most often, the one who judges is more guilty than the one who is judged. (…) But these bad hearts, these proud, jealous and envious hearts, since it is these three vices that generate all these judgments that we carry on our neighbors … Has someone stolen? Have we lost something? Immediately, we think it may be such and so that did this, and we think it without even having the slightest knowledge. Ah! My brothers, if you know this sin well, you would see that it is one of the sins most to fear , it is the least known and the most difficult to correct. Listen to these hearts which are imbued with this vice. If someone exercises some job, some charge in which others have done some injustice; Immediately, they conclude that all those who take the place do the same, that they are not better than others, that they are all thieves and skits. (…) Ah! My brothers, if we are so happy to be free from pride and envy, we would never judge anyone, we would be content to cry over our spiritual miseries and pray for the poor sinners, and not something else; Being well convinced that the good Lord will only ask us for our actions and not those of others.

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