Our jobs, our busyness consumes us. All of us, parent and child fail and we need to let go of past hurts is we are to grow in wisdom and love. Choose life so that you may live . These were the final words of Moses to his people before dying, just as he was about to enter the Promised Land. But one of the greatest legacies of Jewish tradition is to see creation as good.
Catholics sometime seem to think that the only sin is sexual sin.
True love, true following of the law however is not merely avoiding immoral relationships. Lying has become an epidemic in our society from highest in power to us ordinary folks. Because the truth at times hurts, we all shave the truth, start telling big and small lies. Truth is being lost as a virtue. You shall not covet neighbor s house, wife, slaves, goods.