| | "If you are my friend, if you are concerned about my soul, give me the truth.
"Do not flatter me. Do not praise my virtues while remaining silent about my vices. Do
not fear the truth will offend me.
"Do not treasure our friendship or our friendly relations above my salvation. Do not
think that by ignoring my sins, you can help me. Do not think that by being blind to my
sins, you prove yourself charitable.
"However I may react to it, whatever may be my attitude toward you after you have done
it, give me the truth! For the truth, and only the truth, can make me free from the
shackles of sin, strengthen me in the pathway of righteousness, and lead me to the joys
of heaven.
"If I am wavering, weak, lukewarm, indifferent, neglectful -- if I have been overtaken in
a trespass -- if I have been drawn into the pleasures of this world -- if I have left my
first love -- if I have been led astray by error -- or if I have done none of these, but
simply need to grow in knowledge and be edified -- give me the truth."
--Unknown |
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