(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.)
I like to judge people. I try to do it all the time. I recommend that you likewise judge others. I know that Scriptures tells us not to judge, but I do it anyway.
It is easy to judge. When I see people doing the same things I have done or thought about doing or heard that other people have done, I judge them as worthy of forgiveness because God has saw fit to forgive me my many faults, sins and vices.
In our judgments we should not consider ourselves better than the rest, but we should consider the rest and as good as, or better than, we are.
Parents correct children well when they remember how much correction they needed as children and realize that they have grown into maturity despite their childhood faults. Teachers correct papers to help the students learn better. Our court systems do well when they judge for the common good of victim and perpetrator.
Life is more pleasant when we judge according to God’s standard. It also helps the lumber industry: we don’t waste wooden beams.
God looks at us and sees the image of the Son in us. God, then, judges us as worthy of mercy and forgiveness. We judge well when we judge others as God has judged us.