The Virtue of the Word of God

If I do not freely blame the evil, but rather excuse it, the tender souls who hear it may think that they are free to do likewise. My cut must be so accurate that I say neither more nor less than the truth. An honest explanation always has more grace and power for gaining excuse than does a lie. Let your speech be meek, frank, sincere, open, simple, and truthful. Guard yourself from equivocations, artifices, and dissimulations. It is charity to cry out against the wolf when he is among the sheep. We must decry them as much as we can, wherever we see occasion. If you cannot excuse the intention of the person being