Safro of Monday

I just posted the Safro of Monday, which means this is the second complete day of offices posted.
To access the Safro of Monday, click here.

It is always difficult to pick something to write on about an office because each office is so rich. I think it is particularly important, however, to write on the concept below because it is distinct from perhaps more widely known Latin theology.

In the sedro, one sentences reads:

If they have sinned and done wrong before You voluntarily or involuntarily, knowingly or unknowingly may Your divinity, Lord, forgive and remit all the sins of all men who has professed and believed in Your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus the Messiah. 

The text makes the implicit statement that we, as Syriacs, do believe in being able to commit sins involuntarily or unknowingly. Latins make the culpability of sin contingent upon will and intention. This is incredibly flawed, especially considering one could claim since our persons are tarnished by sin we cannot truly will anything since sin has poisoned us. This is not an issue with oriental theology because transgressions can be committed without intention - certainly intention makes a sin worse, as premeditation makes a crime worse, but intention is not the sole contingency of culpability. If one kills another due to negligence but they never willed it, are they still not guilty of killing someone causatively? More so, if we inadvertently hurt a loved one we would naturally want to makes amend even if we didn't will this insult - should we not operate in the same manner with God, whom we should love above all else? That is why we must ask for the forgiveness of all our faults, known and unknown, willed and unwilled - our Lord is rich in mercy and He loves penitents.

Our Lord, accept our service, our prayers, come to our aid and have mercy on us!