Jumping to Conclusions

There's a song from the Mickey Mouse Club of fifty years ago:  "Don't jump, jump to conclusions; they always bring delusions."  True then, ages ago and still today.  We read in today's Gospel how Nathanael, even before meeting Jesus, jumped to the conclusion that this man must be a "loser", hearing that he came from Nazareth. "What good can come from Nazareth?" (Jn 1:46).  After meeting him, however, his opinion took a 180 degree turn: "Rabbi, you are the Son of God" (Jn 1:49). 
Today we remember St. John Neumann, an immigrant from Bohemia whose heavy accent. shortness of stature and threadbare clothing at first turned people "off", as the saying goes.  But beneath that distracting exterior was a Bishop and saint!  Oops..."my bad", the people must have said when his holiness became more and more visible as his life of servant priest unfolded.
When we find ourselves impatient with people who have heavy accents, are hard of hearing or forgetful, we might recall the little ditty above and these two examples and ask for patience and forgiveness for jumping so soon to delusional conclusions.
Br. Rene