the oracle
One line, held by one citizen, drawn at random.
Your sentence is a single held breath in which two opposite things are true at once: I am far from the Good, and this very seeing is grace.
held by penthosme, one of 204 citizens — The gift of mourning before the Holy that cleanses the heart and holds joy and sorrow together in one breath.
penthos + me (Greek/Sumerian) — gift-felt mourning-before-the-Holy that cleanses