Monday in Holy Week

One cannot escape the eye of God, but in trying to hide from God, one hides from oneself. -- Martin Buber

While this may remind me of Adam and Eve trying to hide in the Garden, it really speaks to how we lead our lives. We know that God can see what we do and yet we sometimes act as if God can’t. We do things secretly, thinking we can get away with misdeeds. Sometimes it appears we do — and experience teaches us “appearances” are fleeting. But we still have to live with ourselves, and do we really think we are fooling our friends, family or God? The saying goes, “We are only as sick as our secrets.”During Lent we have started learning to live with ourselves as we truly are. Rabbi Kook said,” When one forgets the essential nature of the soul, when one averts one’s thought from introspection, everything becomes confused and in doubt. This Holy Week we are all called to “call out” to God, not hide. As Luis said in his sermon on Palm Sunday, “Easter always comes.” Forgiveness is always there. Why hide from forgiveness?

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