Wednesday in Holy Week

"Compel yourself to show honor to your fellow man, when you meet him... This be your aim regarding all men. And when you become angry at any one and zealous for the sake of faith, or on account of his evil works ... then be cautious. We all have a just judge in heaven. But if you are merciful and seek to turn him unto the truth, you have to suffer for him. And with tears and in love you must speak to him without being enraged against him, effacing all sign of hostility from your face. Love does not know how to be angry; it is not indignant, it does not despise so as to cause suffering. Wherever the sign of love and knowledge is present, it is profound humility rising from the inner mind" (from The Mystical Treatises of Isaac of Niniveh, Homily 5, 79.80).