I came across Lars Larson's parody song, "I Blame Everyone, Man", about our president for whom we pray daily. The second line "I blame father and son, man." struck me as having a double meaning. Our current president has often blamed the previous president and his father, but he seems to want to blame even the Father and the Son. His attitude howver is widespread. You can see it best in the way that the Confession lines have dwindled.
Although my own parish is small and we no longer have a resident pastor, some other churches I can get to for daily Mass offer frequent Confession. Taking the blame for our own actions and their consequences is the only way to win the Blame Game, because only the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit can take away our shame.
I am old enough to remember LBJ's refusal to run again after what saw that he had done while in office. He found himself in difficult situation, inheriting an unwinnable war, and yet took the blame as commander-in-chief. Keep praying for all our government leaders to, not play, but pray to God.
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