When our brother makes a mistake, we must endure his temptation. True love inspires us to make sacrifices for the sake of our neighbor…
Without sacrifice, with our reproach, we push our brother, who has sinned, to fall lower, while with the silent sacrifice of our love and our secret prayer for him, we awaken his conscience, which rises and accuses him and thus repents and corrects his mistakes.
With your silence, you helped the child.
Saint Porphyrios the Kapsokalyvite