O Lord, Father and Master of my life...So Ben Sira begins his prayer asking for help against sinning. It continues through verse 6. A great way to continue our Lenten journey.
Then Ben Sira gives lots of advice about how we speak particularly the use of four letter words! Back when I was on the Indianapolis Fire Department colorful language was a part of life in teh firehouse. I went from there to teaching where colorful language is frowned upon! It took me a while to learn to "watch my language."
It is interesting that Ben Sira moves from cursing and swearing to sexual sins. In some ways, I think he does this because he realizes that both of these are easy to commit if we don't work to avoid them.
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