St. John Chrysostom on love and hatred

The post shares a saying attributed to St. John Chrysostom: "Love sees the person. Hatred invents the fault." It gives background on Chrysostom (c. 349-407), Archbishop of Constantinople, known as "golden-mouthed" for his preaching; the Divine Liturgy used most Sundays in Orthodox churches bears his name. The post links the saying to 1 Peter 4:8, "Love will cover a multitude of sins," and explains that love makes us slow to notice faults while resentment makes us see faults that are not there.

It concludes with a reflective question: who could you see with gentler eyes today? The accompanying image carries a similar phrase: "Love forgives many mistakes, while hatred imagines mistakes even where they do not exist."