"The great glory of charity is to understand."

Our Lord gave Himself to all: 
to children,
to sinners (the Magdalene, Simon, the adulterous woman, those possessed by devils),
to the timid (Nicodemus),
to the discouraged (the disciples of Emmaus),
to condemned criminals (the thieves on the cross).

He showed no preferences, unless it were for the most distressed;
He took the lost sheep upon His shoulders.
He adapted Himself to all.

It was in imitation of this model that St. Paul became all things to all men that he might win them to Christ (1 Cor 9:22).

The good Master did not crush the broken reed,
nor did He extinguish the smoking flax.

When questions were put, He answered them;
when they asked Him how to pray, He taught them.

Indeed you might say that He did nothing else but place Himself at the disposal of any who wished to ask Him a question or a favor.

He never seemed to be in a hurry.

It is difficult to open your heart to one who appears always to be preoccupied or busy.
"Seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain.  And when he was set down his disciples came unto him." (Mt 5:1)

On another occasion:  "Jesus going out of the house, sat by the seashore ... and he went up into a boat and sat" (Mt 13:1-2) ... "On a certain day ... he sat teaching" (Lk 5:17).
What a lesson for us!  Sitting down was equivalent to saying:  "See, I am at your disposal, I am entirely at your service.  I am most interested in what you have to say to me."

George Duhamel once wrote:  "The majority of people seem to suffer from a sense of neglect; they are unhappy because nobody takes them in hand, nobody is ready to accept the confidences they offer."

And Ernest Hello, more briefly:  "The great glory of charity is to understand."

~Rev. Raoul Plus, S.J. in Radiating Christ

Jesus, meek and humble of heart,

make my heart like Yours.