Catholic teaching often states that there can be no reconciliation without confession. I am apt to think that this is just a way for a bored priest to hear juicy gossip. If God knows my heart, if God IS my heart, then why verbalize a confession to someone else? Fear is the only sin anyway, and all sin-like actions and thoughts are born out of fear. But today, thanks to Patti Digh once again, I not only have found words to express what fear does to my soul when I let it in, but I am now aware of another poet who is going to require at least a day of Internet stalking.
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These words are from the poem "A Purification" by Wendell Berry:
To the sky, to the wind, then,
and to the faithful trees, I confess
my sins: that I have not been happy
enough, considering my good luck;
have listened to too much noise:
have been inattentive to wonders;
have lusted after praise.
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Forgive me.
1 comment:
I Timothy 2:5 says "For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus..." I agree with you - we can confess sin directly to God without having to go through another person.
Hmmm, I am thinking about all sin stemming from fear. What about all sin being born out of pride?
Good poem - especially the part you bolded!
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