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   "Thus, knowing that Judas would not be turned aside from his treachery,   
   Christ did not desist from trying to turn him from his faithlessness, by   
   counsel, by warnings, by kind treatment, by threatening, by every kind of   
   instruction, and by continually checking him by His words as by a rein.   
   This He did to teach us that, although we know beforehand that the brethren   
   will not be persuaded, we must do all in our power, since the reward of our   
   admonition is sure. Mark also how assiduously and wisely the Lord   
   restrained Judas when He said, "One of you shall betray me," (Matt. xxvi.   
   21;) and again, "I speak not of you all. I know whom I have chosen," (John   
   xiii. 18;) and again, "One of you is a devil," (John vi. 70.) He preferred   
   to put them all in an agony of doubt rather than reveal the traitor or make   
   him the more shameless by open reproof. For that these sayings produced   
   trouble and dread in the others, although conscious in themselves of no   
   evil, hear them each with earnest striving say, "Lord, is it I?" (Matt.   
   xxvi. 22.)"   
      
   St. John Chrysostom, Discourse I, Chiefly on the parable of the rich man and   
   Lazarus   
      
   "Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you   
   upright in heart!"  Psalm 32:11   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)