[Magdalen] Confession of Sin.

[Ann Markle]

It would not, IMO, be appropriate to add your thoughts, Jim, to a
confession of sin.  This is not a full theology of the human being, but a
confession of sin.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 12:31 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
> >
> >
> > This is a confession of sin from the Jewish Yom Kippur Liturgy
> > by Rabbi Abram in 860AD.
> >
> > It was printed in English translation in the bimonthly "Worship"
> > publication of the Benedictines of Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville,  MN.
> >
> > It covers the subject eloquently and succinctly, and could serve  well
> > as a Lenten litany:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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