.very slow ride home tonight.
thinking about guilt. feeling guilt. leading me to ponder the nature of guilt. questioning: what were the guilt impacts of my catholic upbringing, after all? but my upbringing had a large dose of criticism, skepticism and cynicism, too, so the whole guilt thing was public. apparent and discussed and laughed at. but not erased. then wondering about guilt in other cultures and religions. maybe there is a group of people out there that doesn't even have a word for guilt? and furthermore, what's the relationship between sinning and guilt? surely one can have guilt without having sinned. but hey, when a person is sentenced, they are found...guilty.
stop. recognizing my drift into intellectualization and away from the feelings that raised the whole issue. that's so easy to do, isn't it?
who absolves guilt?
do i absolve myself?
the one whom i feel guilted about?
has jesus already taken care of this for me?