Truth*

'If there is not truth in love, there is hypocrisy.
Often fine words are said, handshakes given,
perhaps even kiss, but at bottom there is no
truth.
A civiization where the trust of one for another is
lost, where there is so much lying and no truth,
has no foundation of love. There can't be love
where there is falsehood.
Our environment lacks truth. And when the truth
is spoken, it gives offence, and the voices that
speak the truth are put to silence.'
                     -from a homily by Oscar Romero

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on Ash wednesday
asking for forgiveness