Suspicion, Distrust
Suspicion consists of believing someone guilty of something without sufficient proof. It relates to the sin of rash judgment. However, it remains legitimate to be somewhat wary on the basis of tangible evidence, since the Christ commands to beware of false prophets (cf Matthew[1]).
In "The Gospel as Revealed to Me"
- Joseph says to Mary: "I wronged you by offending you with suspicion. Nothing but suspicion, it is an offense, Mary. To suspect is to misunderstand.[2]
- Jesus says of Mary Magdalene, who came weeping at his feet in the middle of a Banquet at a Pharisee’s home, during her conversion: "Men, burned by lust, when they saw her enter, trembled in their body and allowed suspicion to enter their minds. All had desired her, except the two pure ones of the Banquet: John and Me. All believed that she came driven by one of those probable whims which, a true possession by demonic power, threw her into unforeseen adventures. But Satan was now defeated. And all thought, envious, seeing that she did not turn to them, that she had come for Me.[3]
- John, but what are your suspicions based on? Since when? - Since always. - Since always? Then, it is a disease!…[4]
- "Do not judge Peter. No suspicions. Suspicion creates illusions. One sees things that do not exist."[5]