"We must
cultivate that sacred silence which makes people remember the words of Jesus:
See how they love one another. How often we find ourselves speaking of the
faults of another. How often our conversation is about someone who is not
present. Yet see the compassion of Christ toward Judas, the man who received so
much love yet betrayed his own master. But the master kept the sacred silence
and did not betray Judas. Jesus could have easily spoken in public—as we often
do—telling the hidden intentions and deeds of Judas to others. But he didn’t.
Instead, he showed mercy and charity. Rather than condemning Judas, he called
him his friend."
— St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Thirsting for
God: Mother Teresa, p. 41
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