On the topic of the gods

Jed has given benediction at least once.

Edmund,

I have offered in the past and I have also been asked to be available to give one provided the primary choice couldn't/was not appropriate.

Grim is quite correct - Jed has given one a little over a year or so past... as has Belechand just this past feast.

I imagine others not of the Light may be asked. Not for anyone other than His Excellency to decide.

- Duncan

I was out of the proper around feast unfortunately so I was unaware that Belechand gave the last benediction.

As for Jed I believe that was over 2 years ago.

Regardless it is good to see acceptance of the other faiths at feast.

Is it possible we may see joint sermons?

Father MacKenzie took part in the Church of Light Mass this past feast where we Ordained a Cleric of Brazen that I trained, so yes, joint sermons have and will happen.

Dark Clergy have been welcome to come to Light Masses I have held for over a year. However, they are asked to be respectful and not deliver a sermon from their faith. That part of the old traditions still remains in effect, to do otherwise is an infraction that is punished by our Gods.

In Khitan, we call them Yin and Yang, and we draw them like this:

Light and dark, day and night, summer and winter, female and male.

The balance of the two is what allows both to exist, and there is a little of each one in the other. That's what the smaller dots inside the circle mean. By opposing and resisting each other, they not only help each other exist, but they learn from each other and make each other stronger.

I keep thinking about the things Fiona said about how much she misses her sister, and how sad she is that she did what she did. They stand for different things, and they don't agree with each other on a lot of things. Most things. But they are still sisters and they love each other. Fiona still has compassion for Miranda despite everything, and I bet that Miranda misses Fiona just as much, even if she's angry with her for trapping her. It reminds me of how Mother knew that Telligrim was coming to kill her, but she forgave him anyway and didn't want him to be killed.

I think that what I learned from this is that Yin and Yang don't have to agree. They're not supposed to. They are supposed to struggle and push each other and achieve their respective goals. Sometimes they'll get in each other's way. Sometimes they'll fight. Maybe even most times. But they don't have to hate each other just because they disagree.

Does that make sense, or am I just being silly?
-Midori Suarez
Mercy's Daughter

Midori,

Thank you for adding your wisdom to this discussion. I do not think it is silly at all.