MENDING

may we right what's wrong and mend our paths

MENDING is a time for Unitarian Universalists to focus on forgiveness, atonement and work towards repairing relationships. It occurs within the individual, among community members, and stretches to the Sacred found in many forms. A natural outcome of this holy work is the focus on renewing right relations, supporting reparation efforts, and recommitting to covenants agreed to in congregations, small groups, and self.

MENDING is observed by some Unitarian Universalists in the second half of September. It is offered as a time to lift up the need for right relations, forgiveness, and the work necessary for reparations. Days with a similar or related focus include Yom Kippur, World Peace Day, Indigenous Peoples' Days, and Juneteenth (?).

MENDING lifts up our commitment to doing what is right, owning what needs to be fixed, and acknowledging the sacred importance of repair. As we each mend our personal relationships, so can members of the UU community renew covenants of right relations with one another.