Are you green, ripe or rotten?

By their fruits... Sure, we've heard the words, but how ought we to employ them? Remember the adage about the duck - if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and looks like a duck, it must be a duck. However, since we're also supposed to be careful not to judge, how does this work? The key is in how our heart processes the information. If we see someone acting in a way other than Gospel charity, we still have the obligation to love them. We then have the obligation to help them lovingly. But we have the obligation to heed others' words of challenge when we act in harmful ways, as well. May we cultivate the Lord's garden to produce ripe and healthy hearts.