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Action Gives Birth to Action
This week’s Saturday Meditation comes from St. Thomas Aquinas’s Meditations for Lent. According to Aquinas,
Man believes that, once he has committed the sin, he will be able to keep from sin for the future. Experience shows that what really happens is quite otherwise. The effect of that first sin is to weaken the sinner and make him still more inclined to sin. Sin dominates man more and more, and the man left to himself, whatever his powers, places himself in such a state that he cannot rise from it.
You could replace the word “sin” with essentially any action. For example, the Greek playwright Sophocles said, “Kindness gives birth to kindness.” Each action is a seed that can cultivate and grow into more action.
Reflection Questions (Pick one or create your own):
What type of actions do you want to give birth to today?
How can you remember that every action matters?
This Week’s Meditations…
Thank you for reading and listening this week; I hope you found something useful for daily life.
Until next time, be wise and be well,
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