Who are we to judge?

Via First Things

The precepts of the Lord are pretty clear— What’s right or wrong is plain enough to see. And yet the question that we often hear, Is who are we to judge what shouldn’t be. It seems the ban on judgment trickled down From other people to the deeds performed; To say, “that’s wrong,” will likely draw a frown— Excusing all’s the choice of the informed. Again the easy way is taken out; We’re given props without a price to pay. If this were really what life was about, Then who would ever fear the judgment day? That day when judgments due the greatest blame May be the evils we refused to name. —Joseph Mirra