Balance on the way to God.

Courage is a rare quality or gift. It is needed by those who manage, lead, and administer. Today, however, we will remind ourselves that even believers should strive for it. In the Gospel, the Son of God, Jesus Christ, teaches us about the evil in the world. He uses the parable of the tares among the wheat. He refers to good people with grain and bad people with tares. A farmer who originally sowed only good seed on his field and wanted to destroy the tares before the harvest so as not to spoil his wheat would have damaged the wheat’s growth quite a bit. The lesson that follows from this parable is considerable. Lord Jesus wanted to tell his apostles that when they see so much evil in the world, not to be disgusted because, with their attitude, they could do even more evil. Let them not judge the wicked. Let them realize that tares will always remain tares, wheat only wheat. The bad always have a chance to improve, and the goodness of others can be tested,

This parable reminds us how the Lord Jesus behaved toward the wicked and those who have fallen. The Lord Jesus also received Nicodemus with the most incredible patience and understanding. Finally, Nicodemus became a disciple of the Lord. We can also mention here the public sinner Maria Magdalena. Everyone wanted to stone her because she was caught in adultery. No one brought to the Lord a man with whom she committed evil. The Lord Jesus saw their baseness. He did not despise her. He rewarded her sincere conversion and love by making her a great saint. He appeared to her first after his resurrection, and she also convinced the apostles that the Lord had “indeed” risen.

Likewise, Matthew the Apostle. He was initially a publican whom everyone despised because he greatly extorted people. After meeting Jesus and acknowledging his guilt, he compensated everyone he hurt. He eventually became an apostle and evangelist. Lord Jesus rejected only those who did not want to buy their guilt and those who considered themselves righteous and despised others. It is certain from the parable that the Lord Jesus is the Judge and no one else. Judging others in the eyes of God is at least as unreasonable as plucking tares from among the wheat. The Lord Jesus tells us: “Let both grow until the harvest” (Mt 13:30). Therefore, leave the judgment to the Lord, who will surely come and judge the living and the dead. Lord Jesus also calls us to behave in a Christian way towards evil. In ordinary life, we often hear remarks: Why does the Lord Jesus suffer evil? Does he not see that while the bad are well-behaved, the good suffer?

First, we must carefully consider that we are pure wheat when we speak like this. Don’t we want to use these excuses to justify our evil? Furthermore, it should be clear that as good Christians, we should not despise or judge anyone. We know that only the Lord is the most just Judge. We often exaggerate the faults of others, while the Lord knows all and is infinitely forgiving. Perhaps we would not like to give someone a second chance to improve, but we certainly expect the Lord to give us multiple opportunities, so we do not perish. I believe when we dare to criticize someone, how often does the Lord have to warn us: “Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log in your eye? ” (Luke 6:41).

WITH Saint Paul advises us to be patient with evil, as the Lord is patient with us. When we prevent corruption patiently, we realize we are getting God’s help. As good Christians, we cannot agree with the sin of the one who commits it. We must accept him as our brother who needs help, which we will not show him by condemning him, but by being patient with him, by giving him an example of a good Christian life, and especially by praying for him. Let us know that the Lord despises only the sinner who does not want to improve. There are indeed many tares among the wheat in the world. But if we think a little more honestly about the situation, we have to admit that even in ourselves, there is something good and evil, some wheat and some trash.

Also, when we ask the Lord to be merciful, let’s add those we think are tares. So let’s leave the judgment to the Lord, who emphasizes to us: “Let both grow until the harvest” (Mt 13:30). There, the good and the evil of the bad will be revealed. Let us ask the Lord to find grace with him and to be able to be the good wheat in which the tares do not remain.