BishopBarron|如何纠正身边人的错误
2017-08-17 22:08 阅读量:4921
原文|Bishop Barron
翻译|Carrie
朋友们，今天的福音谈到一个极具实际意义的问题，即我们应该如何纠正身边人的错误。耶稣的话十分直接又简明扼要，“如果你的弟兄得罪了你，去，要在你和他独处的时候，规劝他”。
这个简单的建议却是多么重要啊！它帮助我们避免背着当事者向他人发牢骚的罪恶倾向。背后论人是非既徒劳无功又毒害心灵，因为那样做对于你所批评的人毫无帮助，而且令你更加自以为是。
我知道当面对质格外困难，但这样做既富有成效又振奋精神。至少你在力求有所成就，而且证实你心中有爱。 然而，正确的事情通常都不易做。请注意，耶稣鼓励双方当事人对质时单独相处—没有其他人在场。找人发泄和说长道短都是无益的。
Friends, the Gospel for today addresses an issue of tremendous practical importance, namely, how we ought to engage in fraternal correction. Jesus says, with utter directness and simplicity, “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.”
What a world of significance in that little recommendation! It holds off the sinful tendency of running to everyone but the person in question and complaining about him behind his back. This strategy is utterly unproductive and spiritually harmful, for it does nothing to help the person you are criticizing, and it puffs up your already inflated ego.
I know it is exceptionally difficult, but going to the person directly is both productive and spiritually uplifting. It has at least a fighting chance of accomplishing something, and it confirms you in love. But the right thing is, as usual, the hard thing. Notice please that the accuser is encouraged to tell the person in question alone—and no one else. Venting and gossiping are not helpful.
