Regret. (meditation).NONE OF US CAN CLAIM a perfect record in love. We all fail and betray, even inadvertently. This is perhaps the worst pain of love, failure for which we feel culpable Blameworthy; involving the commission of a fault or the breach of a duty imposed by law. Culpability generally implies that an act performed is wrong but does not involve any evil intent by the wrongdoer. . The Magdalen, having come to love Christ after a life of selfishness, grieved forever after. Donatello shows her in old age, his fragile wooden carving furrowed with the marks of her long penance. She is literally abraded to the bone by sadness for what might have been, and yet her beauty is still luminous with hope for what is still to come. This is a vision of what all love knows: repentance for inadequacy. SISTER WENDY BECKETT of Norfolk, England, well-known for her BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. and PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, television art series and her popular art books. Reprinted with permission from: Sister Wendy's Book of Meditations (DK Publishing, 1998; 888-342-5357). Sculpture: The Magdalen, by Donatello (1453-55, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo duo·mo n. pl. duo·mos A cathedral, especially one in Italy. [Italian; see dome.] Noun 1. , Florence). |
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