Today is Ash Wednesday, and this morning I read a letter to the Corinthians by Saint Clement. He quotes Ezekiel 33: 10-20. This particular part offers much hope to my "cloistered brothers."
As for you, son of man, speak to the house of Israel: You people say, "Our crimes and our sins weigh us down, we are rotting away because of them. How can we survive? Answer them: As I live--oracle of the Lord God--I swear I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways!
As for you, son of man, speak to the house of Israel: You people say, "Our crimes and our sins weigh us down, we are rotting away because of them. How can we survive? Answer them: As I live--oracle of the Lord God--I swear I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways!
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