Thursday, May 4, 2000
Thursday, May 4, 2000
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the
Holy Spirit be with all of you.
Guilt is a terrible thing. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had a guide in life--a guide that will help us
avoid those things that we know are wrong, those things that fill us with regret? Christ has
promised us such a guide. That guide is the Holy Spirit.
(2 Corinthians 13:13
NRSV)
Brendan Behan, an Irish playwright virtually drank himself to death. His biographer attributes it to
an unrelenting sense of guilt. Behan went to England on a mission for the I.R.A. One day he
planted a bomb set to go off during rush hour. It exploded as a young woman with her baby was
passing by. Both died in the blast! Brendan Behan was overwhelmed with guilt for killing that
innocent woman and her baby. And as time went on he increasingly tried to drown his memories
and silence his conscience in a bottle--without success!
Dear God, lay your Holy Spirit upon me to guide me and help me. Amen.
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