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“One of the most crushing indictments of Protestantism is that it has rejected the idea of the necessity of penance, and by doing so has out-dated and made meaningless large sections of the Bible. Probably no virtue is more insisted on in the Bible than the virtue of penance. "Unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish." His Cross does not dispense us from the obligation of taking up our cross: "Unless a man take up his cross and follow Me, he cannot be My disciple." If Christ's sacrifice made further sacrifice unnecessary, the continuance of pain in the world presents more than a problem, in fact a contradiction.”
― Pardon and peace
― Pardon and peace
“But to be true to self is extremely difficult; in fact, the whole art of humility in compendium. If we are false to self, we shall be false to God. Human nature is so constituted that we must ultimately adapt our principles to our practice. That is why the morals have such an important bearing on faith, why the practice of asceticism is more conducive to the knowledge of God than the study of theology, why those who count on a death-bed repentance are making such a perilous mistake, why Scripture says that "as a man lives, so shall he die.”
― Pardon and peace
― Pardon and peace
“Catholics do not enjoy Confession - heaven preserve us from those who do! - but they prefer it, humiliating as it is, to endless, dulling soul-ache and progressive demoralization of character and personality. Kneeling in a confessional to tell a shameful tale is almost as a attractive prospect as sitting in a dentist's chair; but it is sometimes even more necessary. Like a bad tooth, sin must be extended or the consequences are bound to be disastrous, as the average sinner instinctively recognizes. The instinct of spiritual self-preservation warns him of the need to find a safety-valve to enable him to "let off steam" safely. He feels a paramount need to obtain relief of mind, to unburden his misery and get it off his mind by telling someone about it. Instinctively he looks around for a prudent friend in whom he can confide.”
― Pardon and peace
― Pardon and peace
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