tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929437075353118939.post1245244657114021041..comments2023-03-25T09:52:10.892+13:00Comments on The Restless Heart: Cur deus homo?John Thayer Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13500741932687812142noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929437075353118939.post-50044428499081444532011-05-30T13:09:17.576+12:002011-05-30T13:09:17.576+12:00Thanks, John. I was really concentrating on what ...Thanks, John. I was really concentrating on what I thought the <i>meaning</i> of reconciliation was, which is, I think, not just "He is no longer mad at me" but "we are one, again." And however strenuous the penance, it cannot possibly be sufficient for that. It is sufficient, it seems to me, precisely because it unites my penance - little or great - with His infinite John Thayer Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13500741932687812142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929437075353118939.post-16555280162873426312011-05-30T07:23:18.369+12:002011-05-30T07:23:18.369+12:00Seems to me that confession is meant to be a recon...Seems to me that confession is meant to be a reconciliation between us and Jesus. Reconciliations mean something only if we're prepared to act on them. Hence "penances". Note reconciliations are always risky because what one might be required to do as part of the reconciliation depends not only on what one thinks one should do, it depends on what the other thinks one should do. John from Canadanoreply@blogger.com