Over the past 11 years, I have had a few conversations with my students that have left me disgusted and angry with where some of them are spiritually, and with how some of them seem to be proud of their sins. After these conversations, I have found that, while I am annoyed with my students, I am also annoyed with myself because of my failure to see the sins in my own life.
I think there is a place for us who want to be holy to be angered by the sins of others. But I think we need to be careful that our anger does not come from a self-righteousness that fails to see that we probably, in some measure, do the things that annoy us about others. In the end, we are all in the same boat as sinners; so we need to have some understanding, and cut each other a little bit of slack.
Our Lord, who knew no sin, is far more patient with us than we, who do know sin, are with others. Let us soak in his love and compassion for us, so we can extend them to others.
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