Masks
Despite the way our culture, media, and friends may speak about our individual and collective behaviors we know that we have sinned against God; we even know that the volume and severity of these transgressions is utterly overwhelming. For many there is no conscious understanding of this reality, but we can see that even those whose moral senses are dulled, or their moral education lacking know the severity of their transgressions. We can see this by observing what they avoid and what actions they take. First and foremost we are unwilling, or perhaps even unable, to consciously (not only in the mind but also in the heart) admit to ourselves the offenses we've committed, the attachments that have fueled these offences and the actions that have chauffeured us into these sins so willingly. We put a mask over our hearts in a futile attempt to trick ourselves and God into believing that we have done no wrong. We are unwilling to remove that mask from our hearts and reveal to ourselves w...