week 16: Aelred of Rievaulx:
Lord, I
sometimes wander away from you. But this is not because I am
deliberately turning my back on you. It is because of the inconstancy of
my mind. I weaken in my intention to give my whole soul to you. I fall
back into thinking of myself as my own master. But when I wander from
you, my life becomes a burden, and within me I find nothing but darkness
and wretchedness, fear and anxiety. So I come back to you, and confess
that I have sinned against you. And I know you will forgive me.
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