Sin Is A Message Of Hope: admit it
Sin is not a message of doom but one of hope. It declares that the world as we have it is not the best we can hope for…. Monika Helwig
If i contemplate my reflection
confirm I can do better
I have hope
If i set aside my pride
crack my self-centeredness
I have hope
If i confront my fear
confess my cynicism
I have hope
If i defy my slothfulness
concede my contempt
I have hope
If i air my enmity
challenge my ill will
I have hope
If i bare my scrupulosity
clear my affectation
I have hope
Admitting i miss the mark
I shape space for grace
to make me human and divine
Poem by Debra Asis
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Monika Helwig’s above quote is found in today’s selection in An Ignatian Book of Days by Jim Manney, a series of daily reflections from the Spiritual Wisdom of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Throughout the book we hear the voices of St. Ignatius as well as many great thinkers and writers, long gone and present day, each uniquely revealing the way of finding God in all things.And that is my intention; to find God/Divine Presence/Ultimate Reality in whatever presents itself to me each day in 2024.
Each day I read, reflect and write on the selection, hoping to articulate the ways in which I come to know God/Divine Presence/Ultimate Reality via personal experience, impelled by the leading of my inner life.
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All words are generated by grace and the grit of a real human being,
Debra Asis
