It’s the daily repetition that causes them to stain and leak into our lives. We repeat these sins, because they are small and seemingly innocuous if we look at them instance by instance. It is ego and sloth and envy and gluttony. By the time I make it to my house, something has usually happened, and I mentally jot it down on my index card for next week’s reconciliation.įor most of us, it’s not murder or stealing that we ask forgiveness for. Then, I’ll pray not to sin on the walk between the church steps and my car. Sometimes, if the list of my sins is long, it’s 10 or more of each. ![]() I say my penance, usually a Hail Mary and an Our Father. After I read through my litany of sins, a priest recently told me, “Well, welcome to being human.” Amen. Still, it’s mostly the same failings again and again: lack of trust, dishonoring relationships, envy, ego, laziness, lack of discipline, selfishness. ![]() I have a cheat sheet index card, and occasionally, I’ll cross something off or add something different. Maybe I should mix it up: “I am truly sorry for my lack of trust, my laziness in my prayer life, that the getaway car got a flat. Amen.Sometimes, my confessions are so dull that I feel bad for the priest. Our Savior Jesus Christ suffered and died for us. I firmly intend, with your help, to do penance, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin. In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against you whom I should love above all things.
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