Comments on: Ash Wednesday Sermon http://consubstantialpaneity.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/ash-wednesday-sermon/ (baked) goods as telos Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:30:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Cordelia http://consubstantialpaneity.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/ash-wednesday-sermon/#comment-3665 Cordelia Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:50:29 +0000 http://consubstantialpaneity.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-3665 This spoke to me, as well. So much of it echoed (only more eloquently and fully) the thoughts I had myself on Ash Wednesday. Both the observation that sometimes, one is tempted to comfort oneself with the thought that "I haven't actually done those mortal sins, etc." and also the argument that sins and distance from God are often a communal "achievement," that we all partake of. And yes, I think you're right at the conclusion: the sermon doesn't have to move you powerfully in order for it to have that impact on others. Just as the priest himself doesn't have to be sinless, for the sacrament of transubstantiation or confession to actually occur, as well. This spoke to me, as well. So much of it echoed (only more eloquently and fully) the thoughts I had myself on Ash Wednesday. Both the observation that sometimes, one is tempted to comfort oneself with the thought that “I haven’t actually done those mortal sins, etc.” and also the argument that sins and distance from God are often a communal “achievement,” that we all partake of.

And yes, I think you’re right at the conclusion: the sermon doesn’t have to move you powerfully in order for it to have that impact on others. Just as the priest himself doesn’t have to be sinless, for the sacrament of transubstantiation or confession to actually occur, as well.

]]>