Mainstay
Daily
I recite the Prayer of Repentance,
asking
God’s forgiveness for my sins
though
I long ago became convinced
that
God’s pardon has always been there,
our
trespasses being indelibly woven
into
the fabric of our fate and being.
So
why were we assigned this prayer?
Perhaps,
for the blessing inherent
in
reciting a prayer composed
by
the Avatar of the age; perhaps,
to
be blessed by the intimacy of communion;
to
be blessed for our daring attempts
to
align our souls with our Maker
rather
than with our selves;
to
be blessed by our efforts to regain
sure
footing through a contrite heart.
O
child of God, sin (and its forgiveness)
is a mainstay of
God’s interplay with His creation.
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