Penitence should include…
Penitence should include contrition of heart, confession of the lips, and satisfaction in act.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Sin and forgiveness…
Sin and forgiveness and falling and getting back up and losing the pearl of great price in the couch cushions but then finding it again, and again, and again? Those are the stumbling steps to becoming Real, the only script that’s really worth following in this world or the one that’s coming.
–Brennan Manning (1934-2013)
Repentance brings…
Repentance brings an intense desire for God, deep gratitude, and a growth in self-awareness that increases our freedom to love.
–Anthony de Mello (1931-1987)
It is never too late…
It’s never too late to be who you might have been.
–George Eliot (1819-1880)
Belong entirely to God…
So now, since you want to belong entirely to God, why should you be afraid of your weakness – on which, in any case, you shouldn’t be relying.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Inextinguishable light of Christ…
In spite of our sinfulness, in spite of the darkness surrounding our souls, the Grace of the Holy Spirit, conferred by baptism in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, still shines in our hearts with the inextinguishable light of Christ … and when the sinner turns to the way of repentance the light smooths away every trace of the sins committed, clothing the former sinner in the garments of incorruption, spun of the Grace of the Holy Spirit.
–Saint Seraphim of Sarov (1754-1833)
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