The tax collector who was able to say, “me a sinner!” (Lk. 18:13) deserved to come out of the Temple justified, contrary to the Pharisee who found nothing for which to blame himself, and so said, “God, I thank You that I am not like other men- extortioners, unjust, adulterers” (Lk.18:11).

—H.H. Pope Shenouda III, Before the Just Judge