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\n<\/strong>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.\u00a0In 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.\u00a0He 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.\u00a0Lord 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.\u00a0Let them realize that tares will always remain tares, wheat only wheat.\u00a0The bad always have a chance to improve, and the goodness of others can be tested,<\/p>\n

This<\/span><\/strong> 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.\u00a0We can also mention here the public sinner Maria Magdalena.\u00a0Everyone wanted to stone her because she was caught in adultery.\u00a0No one brought to the Lord a man with whom she committed evil.\u00a0The Lord Jesus saw their baseness.\u00a0He did not despise her.\u00a0He rewarded her sincere conversion and love by making her a great saint.\u00a0He appeared to her first after his resurrection, and she also convinced the apostles that the Lord had “indeed” risen.<\/p>\n

Likewise,<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Matthew the Apostle.\u00a0He was initially a publican whom everyone despised because he greatly extorted people. After meeting Jesus and acknowledging his guilt, he compensated everyone he hurt.\u00a0He eventually became an apostle and evangelist.\u00a0Lord 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.\u00a0Judging others in the eyes of God is at least as unreasonable as plucking tares from among the wheat.\u00a0The Lord Jesus tells us: “Let both grow until the harvest” (Mt 13:30).\u00a0Therefore, leave the judgment to the Lord, who will surely come and judge the living and the dead.\u00a0Lord Jesus also calls us to behave in a Christian way towards evil.\u00a0In ordinary life, we often hear remarks: Why does the Lord Jesus suffer evil?\u00a0Does he not see that while the bad are well-behaved, the good suffer?<\/p>\n

First<\/span><\/strong>, 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.\u00a0We often exaggerate the faults of others, while the Lord knows all and is infinitely forgiving.\u00a0Perhaps 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).<\/p>\n

WITH Saint<\/b> Paul advises us to be patient with evil, as the Lord is patient with us.\u00a0When 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\u00a0many tares among the wheat in the world.\u00a0But 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.<\/p>\n

Also<\/span><\/strong>, 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).\u00a0There, 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.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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