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IN THE CHURCH
WHERE I ATTENDED TENEBRAE
ON GOOD FRIDAY
THERE WAS A CEREMONY
IT BEGAN WHEN WE ENTERED THE CHURCH
WE WERE GIVEN A SMALL SQUARE OF BLACK PAPER
AND TOLD IT REPRESENTED OUR SINS
AS WE ENTERED THE NAVE
WE HAD TO PASS
A BIG
UNADORNED
WOODEN
CROSS
AS THE SERVICE PROGRESSED
LIGHTS DIMMING
CANDLES GOING OUT
WE REACHED THE CRUCIFIXION
WE WERE THEN ENCOURAGED
TO NAIL OUR SINS TO THE CROSS
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NOW MOST OF OUR SINS
ARE HOUSEHOLD SINS
FEW WOULD SHOCK
A FATHER CONFESSOR
MOST OF OUR SINS
ARE THE RESULT OF SHEER STUPIDITY
WE MADE THE WRONG DECISION
FEW OF US ARE DELIBERATELY EVIL
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WE PRAY
IN YOUR COMPASSION
FORGIVE US OUR SINS
KNOWN AND UNKNOWN
THINGS WE HAVE DONE
THINGS WE HAVE FAILED TO DO
OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
THREE REFER TO GOD
THE OTHER SEVEN
REFER TO OUR NEIGHBOR
CHRIST HAS SAID
WHATEVER YOU DO TO THE LEAST
YOU DO UNTO ME
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THE SOCIAL GOSPEL
IS NOT AN ADDENDUM
TO THE GOSPEL
IT IS THE GOSPEL
HOW WE TREAT THE POOR
IS GOSPEL
HOW WE TREAT THE IMMIGRANT
IS GOSPEL
HOW WE TREAT THE SEXUALLY DIFFERENT
IS GOSPEL
HOW WE TREAT THOSE WHO ARE DIFFERENT
IS GOSPEL
WHEN A POVERELLO
WITHOUT CLEAN WATER
AND LIVES IN A SHED
ASKS
WHAT HAPPENED TO GOD’S PLAN FOR ME
WHAT IS OUR ANSWER
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THESE
AND OTHERS
ARE OUR SECRET SINS
ONCE WE RECOGNIZE THEM
WE NEED TO REPENT
WHEN I GO TO HEAVEN
AND THE RECORDING ANGEL
ASKS ME
WHY I WASN’T GREAT LIKE ABRAHAM
I’LL REPLY
I DIDN’T HAVE HIS GREAT VISION
WHEN HE ASKS ME
WHY I WASN’T GREAT LIKE MOSES
I’LL REPLY
I DIDN’T HAVE GREAT LEADERSHIP ABILITY
WHEN HE ASKS ME
WHY I
WASN’T AS GREAT AS I COULD BE
I HAVE NO ANSWER
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FRANK A VOLLMER
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