Even the eclipse of the sun was seen as an impending victory of Evil over Good. Well, I also think, that we mostly see things as black or white. We always see contrasts. We imagine conflicts everywhere. We suspect a complex in every gesture.
All human action is tinged by the sexual libido.
Society is a class struggle. Economy is the work of the free market. Law is the will of the powerful. And so today's readings come as a big surprise. In the readings of today we hear that our Sovereign God accepts repentance.