"You cannot put straight in others what is warped in yourself." St. Athanasius

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How often we react to a fault in another because it reflects our own fault in the same area! Jesus addressed this when he said: "Remove the plank from your own eye before removing the splinter in your brother's eye."  If we spent more time dealing and removing the fault within us, we may become an example to the other. It is then that we can share in love our concern for the spiritual well-being of the other. What is shared in love and not in judgment will have a greater effect.