We have given that to psychologists, social workers, lawyers, MDs and just about anyone else. Just how much responsibility to take or how much responsibility you CAN take when we are finding out things every day from the study of developmental psych, the human genome project and other areas of study is something that has enormous pastoral significance. The RCs have just admitted that Galileo was right. On the other hand of course, if you really really don't want to understand things or take responsibility for yourself or grow or just believe that penitence is really for others, then it doesn't really matter what science or God or whatever says. You get a large double double, blame the wifey or the bishop or the boss and grumble.
Denial is the greatest drug.
Thanks for sending this to me. You have always struck me as absolutely honest. God bless you. To have the truly exquisite sermons of John Donne available online will, I'm sure, prove to be a permanent source of joy and wisdom for many. I discovered the sermons only today and have been moved almost to tears at the spellbinding beauty with which Donne expounds the Christian message.