Sincere Repentance & the Art of Kintsugi
Here is a terrific insight from a homily written in the second century “We should repent of our sins while we are still on earth. When a potter is making a vessel and it becomes misshapen or breaks in his hands, he shapes it again; but once placed in the oven, it is beyond repair. Now the clay in the craftsman’s hands is an image of ourselves, and it teaches us that, while still in this world, we must wholeheartedly repent of sins committed in the body and make it possible for the Lord to save us while there is time. When we have left this world, we shall no longer be able to repent and confess our sins.”
May we repent of our sins because we love God and are sorry for failing to properly respond to the Lord’s love.
Maybe this powerful observation from the Japanese art of kintsugi can help us best prepare for Christmas and beyond. Kintsugi is the art of precious scars and a parable of healing and reconciliation. The word kintsugi is made up of two Japanese words: “golden” and “repair.” It’s the technique of repairing broken ceramics or pottery by joining the fragments together with liquid gold, liquid silver or lacquer dusted with powdered gold.
Through the art of kintsugi, what was once broken becomes whole again, Jesus offers us the same in the Sacrament of Reconciliation [Penance], He calls us to allow His Grace to mend the broken within us.
May God Be Praised.
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