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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 ОрловYes, I definitely noticed about “we don’t know the whole context.” How many times have I thought to someone in a store, “what a lazy person,” and then it turned out that the person’s mother was taken to the hospital yesterday. I immediately feel ashamed. Thanks for the reminder.
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Mathilde LefebvreIt’s true, we judge too quickly. The other day at the bakery, a customer arrived late and I thought she was disorganized, even though she had just dropped her son off at the hospital for tests. The bishop is right, our eye is not pure. Thank you for this reminder.
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