The bruised reed he will not break, and the smoldering wick he will not extinguish. He will lead forth judgment unto truth. (Is 42:3)
קָנֶ֤ה רָצוּץ֙ לֹ֣א יִשְׁבֹּ֔ור וּפִשְׁתָּ֥ה כֵהָ֖ה לֹ֣א יְכַבֶּ֑נָּה לֶאֱמֶ֖ת יוֹצִ֥יא מִשְׁפָּֽט׃
Calamum quassatum non conteret, et linum fumigans non extinguet: in veritate educet iudicium.
κάλαμον τεθλασμένον οὐ συντρίψει καὶ λίνον καπνιζόμενον οὐ σβέσει, ἀλλὰ εἰς ἀλήθειαν ἐξοίσει κρίσιν.
The fragility of our existence manifests itself in the fact that we are vulnerable to injury. This susceptibility increases as soon as we begin to love. Love, in a certain way, reveals to us the truth of giving and receiving. When wounded love cries, the heart of the Son of God is moved, in which gentleness burns, capable of saving the faint flame of our hope, faith, and love.
