A few thoughts connected to one of the readings of the day:
1) patience is humility and impatience is pride; impatience insists on its own way;
2) complaining is a lack of faith; it is not depending totally on Divine Providence;
3) judging is pride
from James in today's second reading.
Be patient, brothers and sisters,
until the coming of the Lord.
See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth,
being patient with it
until it receives the early and the late rains.
You too must be patient.
Make your hearts firm,
because the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another,
that you may not be judged.
Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates.
Take as an example of hardship and patience, brothers and sisters,
the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
