Always good to reminder each other that if we're gonna talk the talk, we better walk the walk.
Yes, systems, institutions, and groups can and should be held to account for collective actions or lack thereof...
but, in today’s readings, we’re called first to consider our own personal response-ability and where our hearts and minds are focused when we act, or avoid/fail to act.
Intentions are important... and what we actually do is more important than what we say we’ll do.
Also, we get ‘called out’ for our tendency to behave like we’re gods in our own self-interest, and not so gently invited to turn back toward our creator with humility and a genuine desire to serve our creator’s interests... together... in love (acting more toward restoration than retribution).
Yes, systems, institutions, and groups can and should be held to account for collective actions or lack thereof...
but, in today’s readings, we’re called first to consider our own personal response-ability and where our hearts and minds are focused when we act, or avoid/fail to act.
Intentions are important... and what we actually do is more important than what we say we’ll do.
Also, we get ‘called out’ for our tendency to behave like we’re gods in our own self-interest, and not so gently invited to turn back toward our creator with humility and a genuine desire to serve our creator’s interests... together... in love (acting more toward restoration than retribution).
[ref:
RCL reading for Proper 21, Year A]
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