[Magdalen] Confession of Sin.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I guess this gentleman will see the glass as half-empty.

Since he was a rabbi, I'm a bit surprised he didn't end, "and, in all
cases, at times, just the opposite."

Humans are capable of depravity, but I'll only concede that as long as we
all add that humans are also just as capable of the most sublime
gentleness, sacrifice and loving care.  Because that statement by itself is
not accurate.

And, no, I don't agree that we are mostly evil, nor do I agree that we tend
mostly toward evil.

To each his or her own, of course, but I fear that letting such attitudes
loose leads to excess:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4q6eaLn2mY

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> This is a confession of sin from the Jewish Yom Kippur Liturgy
> by Rabbi Abram in 860AD.
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> It was printed in English translation in the bimonthly "Worship"
> publication of the Benedictines of Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville,  MN.
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> It covers the subject eloquently and succinctly, and could serve  well
> as a Lenten litany:
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> We abuse, we betray, we are cruel.  We destroy, we embitter, we  falsify.
> We gossip, we hate, we insult.  We jeer, we kill, we lie.
> We mock, we neglect, we oppress.  We pervert, we quarrel, we  rebel.
> We steal, we transgress, we are unkind.  We are violent, we are  wicked,
>         we are xenophobic.
> We yield to evil, we are zealots for bad causes.
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> David Strang.
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