McCarrick: Zenith of Perfidy and Hypocrisy

So much has been written in recent days about Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, D.C.,  a man who once held one of the most powerful and influential positions in the American Catholic Church, that it is almost redundant to revisit the ugly details.

What seems more pertinent to me at this moment is to share a few words which symptomatically describe the behavior of this man. 

Several days ago, I came across an ancient, highly appropriate source that fits this man’s conduct, and have adapted it to the current situation while preserving its intent:

There was no fear of God in his twinkling eyes . . .

Because, in the morning, in the mirror, he flattered himself too much to detect his own sin . . .

During the day, cunning words of deceit spilled from his mouth as he rejected goodness and wisdom . . .

Even when he lay in his bed at night, he plotted the next day’s evil . . .

. . . To which he committed himself while rejecting what is wrong.

Simple, isn’t it?

The preceding excerpt reflects my situational adaptation of the first few verses of Psalm 36, which I came upon in one of my early morning readings. 

The sages who penned the original sentiments nearly three millennia ago were right on point in properly describing the never-ending human perfidy and hypocrisy housed in the mind of some humans.