From 'CyberStones'
Here is a link to an excellent post about confession and absolution. The thought of actually telling someone else about our sins is scary. At the same time, it is needed. "Confession is good for the soul." In breathing out the dank air of sin we then breathe in the fresh air of absolution giving us new life.
Call your pastor. Ask him to hear your confession and ask him to pronounce forgiveness in order to fulfill God's will. Go in peace. Amen.
Call your pastor. Ask him to hear your confession and ask him to pronounce forgiveness in order to fulfill God's will. Go in peace. Amen.
posted by Companion on the Way at 12:05 PM
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Your observation reminds me of Franzmann's great hymn, LW 319. "to breathe our poisoned air." It has to be one of the best poetic lines of the 20th century.
And therein we see the beauty of hymns which truly are "sung confessions" of the faith. While the text was not on my mind, perhpas my singing it sometime in the past shaped my thinking. Thank God it was shaped toward orthodoxy . . . right praise.
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