Blessed One-ness,
We place ourselves in front
of the fear
On the path of holiness and joy and truth.
On the path of holiness and joy and truth.
עַל חֵטְא שָׁחָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ בִּנְטִיַּת
We have sinned
against God (and ourselves)
Through the sins
of laziness and omission;
Through the sins
of disappointment and missed potential;
Through the sins
of nostalgia and sentimentality.
Through the sin
of not looking when we should have looked;
Through the sin
of not hearing when we could've heard;
Through the sin
of not acting when we needed to act.
We are overly obediant,
we are willfully ignorant, we are foolishly complacent.
We are needlessly
insincere, we are casually honest, we are easily mawkish.
We lack
endurance, we shrug, we avoid argument.
We are hopeless,
we despair, we mock optimism.
We are
frustrated, we are impatient, we surrender too easily.
We sleep in, we
change the channel, we turn the page.
We procrastinate,
we assume privilege, we conveniently forget.
We sign online
petitions and we share social media posts and we think that's enough.
We put our
fingers in our ears, we avoid deep silence, we shush the inconvenient.
We are lazy.
וְעַל כֻּלָּם, אֱלוֹהַּ סְלִיחוֹת,
סְלַח לָנוּ, מְחַל לָנוּ, כַּפֵּר לָנוּ.
סְלַח לָנוּ, מְחַל לָנוּ, כַּפֵּר לָנוּ.
Perceptive God of our consciences,
For all these
sins (of laziness and omission),
We take full responsibility.
From now on,
May we see and hear all that can be seen and heard.
May we do instead of being done upon.
May we rise up when rising up is needed.
May we enjoy our lives not despite the struggles but along with them.
We take full responsibility.
From now on,
May we see and hear all that can be seen and heard.
May we do instead of being done upon.
May we rise up when rising up is needed.
May we enjoy our lives not despite the struggles but along with them.
And let us say,
Amen.
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