God will cleanse…
God will cleanse your sins if you yourself are dissatisfied with yourself and will keep on changing until you are perfect.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Repented of a sin…
If someone has repented once of a sin, and again does the same sin, this is a sign that he has not been cleansed of the causes of the sin, wherefrom, as from a root, the shoots spring forth again.
–Saint Basil the Great (329-379)
Sinners who repent…
Sinners that repent are still saved; both publicans and fornicators cleansed by repentance enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. The compassionate God still calls to Himself all that have turned away, and He awaits them and promises them mercy. The loving Father still receives His prodigal sons come back from a far country and He opens the doors of His house and clothes them in the best robe, and gives them each a ring on their hand and shoes on their feet and commands all the saints to rejoice in them.
–Saint Tikhon (1724-1783)
Jesus pardoning sins…
How can you entertain a doubt of Jesus pardoning your sins, when He has affixed them to the Cross, whereon He died for you, with the very nails by which His own hands were pierced?
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
God calls us…
God calls us to correct ourselves and invites us to do penance. He calls us through the wonderful gifts of his creation, and he calls us by granting time for life. He calls us through the reader and through the preacher. He calls us with the innermost force of our thoughts. He calls us with the scourge of punishment, and he calls us with the mercy of his consolation.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Acknowledgement of…
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
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