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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:YOUR VERDICT ON OTHERS\, \nWILL BE THE VERDICT \nPASSED ON YOU \nFrom a homily by St Asterius of Amasea \n◊◊◊ \nIf you desire to resemble God\, for you have been created in God’s own \nimage\, imitate your model. You\, Christians\, whose very name calls to mind love\, \nimitate Christ’s love. Consider and wonder at the wealth of Christ’s love for us. \nWhen he was about to show himself to us in our own nature\, he sent John to \npreach repentance by word and example. Before John he sent all the prophets. \nThey too were to teach people to amend their lives. Then he came himself and \nwith his own voice cried out: Come to me\, all you who labour and are \noverburdened\, and I will give you rest. And how did he receive those who \nlistened to his call and followed him? He readily forgave them their sins\, \ninstantly relieving them of all their cause for grief. The Word has sanctified \nthem and the Spirit has confirmed them. Their old self was buried in the waters \nof baptism and a new self born; their youth was renewed by grace. And the \nresult? Enemies of God became his friends\, strangers to him became his \nchildren\, idolaters became worshipers of the true God. \nYou\, therefore\, who are harsh and unable to show gentleness\, learn \ngoodness from your Creator. Do not act as bitter judges and severe arbiters \ntoward those who are your companions in service\, as you wait for the coming of \nOne who will reveal the secret recesses of the heart and\, as the Almighty Lord\, \nwill assign to each person their proper place in the life beyond. \nDo not pass severe judgments that you may avoid being judged with the \nsame severity\, being pierced yourselves by the words of your own mouth as by \nsharp-pointed teeth. For it is against this kind of fault that the words of the \ngospel seem indeed to warn us where it is said: If you want to avoid judgment\, \nstop passing judgment\, your verdict on others will be the verdict passed on \nyou. \nChrist does not thereby mean that he wants to banish discernment and \nwisdom. What he condemns is a condemnation that is too severe. So\, lighten as \nmuch as possible the weight of your measurement of others\, if you want your \nown actions not to be considered excessively heavy when our lives are weighed \nat the divine judgment… Do not refuse to act mercifully that you yourselves may \nnot be sent away unpardoned at the time when you will need forgiveness.
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