Brian Hamilton-Vise

I know that what I am asking is impossible. But in our time, as in every time, the impossible is the least that one can demand. —James Baldwin

Praise and Repentance

“Whether you sing of his gifts in praise, or pour out your sins in groans, confess to the Lord since he is good, since his mercy is for ever. You see, as well as signifying the recital of our sins, confession also means the praise of our Lord, because even if we only do one of these things, we don’t do it without the other. For we accuse ourselves of our wickedness in the hope of his mercy, and we praise his mercy with a recollection of our wickedness.”

—St. Augustine, Sermon 29A

28 January 2008 | Comments (0)
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Brian Hamilton-Vise is a Ph.D. student in moral theology at the University of Notre Dame, where his research is in the history of Christian political and economic thought. His side interests are in the development of negative theology and in recent political theory. Email him at bdhamilton@gmail.com.

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