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PS Damaschin Dorneanul: Let's avoid rushing to evaluate a fact or a persontranslated

July 20, 2026 · 1 min read

"Let's avoid rushing to evaluate a fact or a person, because, on the one hand, we miss a lot, we don't know all of them," warned Bishop Vicar Damaschin Dorneanul of the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuțil on Sunday.

His Eminence officiated the Holy Liturgy in the "Coverage of the Mother of God" Parish in Ilișești, Suceava county.

Let us not judge our neighbor Starting from the Gospel of the seventh Sunday after Pentecost, the Most Reverend Father Damascene of Dornea showed the contrast between the faith of those who recognized the work of Christ and the hardening of the hearts of the Pharisees.

"We don't know the full context of an event, an action. We are limited and, on the other hand, we are tributary to our mentality, which is disturbed."

At the same time, the hierarch urged the faithful to avoid hasty judgments and to look at people with discernment and kindness: "Our eye is not pure, it is not clean, and through these lenses we cannot have the guarantee that we see well."

"If you see a good thing in your fellow man, rejoice, do not start from malice, from envy or from this smallness of soul, trying to give him a bad name just because you cannot...

Source: Агентство Basilica (română)  ·  Read the full story →
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Антон ОрловДа, точно подметил про «мы не знаем всего контекста». Сколько раз я уже в магазине на кого-то подумал «вот лентяй», а потом выяснялось, что у человека вчера мать в больницу увезли. Сразу стыдно становится. Спасибо за напоминание.
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Mathilde LefebvreC’est vrai, on juge trop vite. L’autre jour à la boulangerie, une cliente est arrivée en retard et j’ai pensé qu’elle était désorganisée, alors qu’elle venait de déposer son fils à l’hôpital pour des examens. L’évêque a raison, notre œil n’est pas pur. Merci pour ce rappel.
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