THE READINGS · VI
Speak honestly. Keep confidences. Make commitments carefully and honor them. When you fail someone, acknowledge it and make what repair you can.
READING A · Islam
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran.
The verse commands truthful witness even against oneself or one's relatives, and despite partiality arising from wealth or poverty. Examine the interests that can make truthful speech difficult.
Read Qur'an 4:135 in the source edition · new tabREADING B · Christianity
King James Version.
be reconciled
Jesus directs a worshipper to seek reconciliation with another person before presenting a religious offering. The passage places repair of a relationship before completing an act of worship.
Read Matthew 5:23–24 in the source edition · new tabWITHIN THE ORDER
These readings address honesty and reconciliation. The tenet also contains the Order's own commitments about confidences and keeping promises; neither passage alone states all of those commitments.
What truth, promise, or repair needs our attention?