Week 1 - Wednesday

Bible Passage

Ephesians 4:29-32

29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

Commentary

St. Moses the strong on Empathy before Judgement

Abba Moses said [to Abba Poemen]: “A person must die with respect to his companion in order not to judge him in anything. A person must detach himself with respect to every evil matter before departing from the body, so that he wrongs nobody.”