In these days of the PDAF scandal and the coming days when DAPs constitutionality will be decided, partisans are kindly reminded to ponder the words of Pope Francis about judging others: The Holy Father turned immediately to the day’s reading from Matthew, which presents Jesus who seeks to convince us not to judge”: a commandment that he repeats many times”. In fact, judging others leads us to hypocrisy”. And Jesus defines hypocrites as those who act as judges. Because, the Pope explained, a person who judges gets it wrong, becomes confused and is defeated”. One who judges always gets it wrong”. He’s wrong, Pope Francis explained, because he takes the place of God, who is the only judge: taking that place is is taking the wrong place!”. Believing you have the authority to judge everything: people, life, everything”. And with the capacity to judge” you also assume you have the capacity to condemn”. The Gospel recounts that judging others was one of the acts of the legal experts whom Jesus called ‘hypocrites’”. These are the people who judge everything”. However, the worst thing is that, in doing this, they put themselves in God’s place, and God is the only judge”. And to judge, God takes time, he waits”. These people, instead, act hastily. This is why one who judges gets it wrong, simply because he assumes a place that isn’t his”
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:16:21 +0000
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