Be Your Brothers’ Keeper

Oh no, you are so pathetic, such a disgraceful act, you should be punished for that. Our words when someone does something wrong to the detriment of our beliefs or teachings, we revile.

A Priest always made reference to this while he gives his homily, he will say “try to remove the log of wood in your eyes, before trying to condemn the crust in the eyes of your brother”, he would go further to say, “the only reason why we see the wrong in others, is because it is a reflection of our own wrongs or faults”.

Truth is, we all have flaws, and sometimes we do things that condemn our beliefs or tradition or culture, and YES we are fully aware of our wrongdoings, we would like to turn a new leave. But how can we? Who wants us to? Who is going to lead us aright? When our society, and our very own environment condemns us. No one is willing to know WHY, because they believe that one should be perfect in all. But who are we to judge ourselves when Judgment is for the LORD. 

I say to us, be your brothers’ keeper, be your brothers’ compass, guide him/her back to the light and don’t condemn them but their act. Let them know why their ways of life is wrong, show them prove, God can’t do that for us. But we should do that for ourselves, because God would want us to.