Confession, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Repentance
What does a true and correct confession consist of?
…Before everything else it is necessary to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and firmly hope that He is ready to forgive all sins, no matter of what magnitude, if only the sinner repents open-heartedly; it is necessary to believe and hope that the God of all wants and seeks our return.
…It is necessary to have a broken heart.
…It is necessary to forgive all our enemies and offenders all the harmful and offensive things they have done to us.
…likewise it is indispensable to ask also forgiveness of those people whom we have offended.
…It is necessary to reveal your sins properly and without any concealment.
…Finally, it is necessary to set forth a firm intention to live prudently in the future.
–Saint Innocent of Alaska (1797-1879)
Augustine (354-430), Confession, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Augustine (354-430), Confession, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
The present time is the time for confession. Confess what you have done, whether by words or by actions, whether by day or by night. If you confess at the acceptable time, you will receive the heavenly treasure on the Day of salvation. Make yourself pure so that you may be a vessel of more abundant grace.
— Saint Augustine (354-430)
Confession, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue to do without fear as if in the dark.
–Saint John Climacus (c. 525-606)
Confession, John Vianney (1786-1859), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
We come to confession quite preoccupied with the shame that we shall feel. We accuse ourselves with hot air. It is said that many confess, and few are converted.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Confession, John Vianney (1786-1859), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Repentance
When we are in sin, our soul is all diseased, all rotten; it is pitiful. The thought that the – good God sees it ought to make it enter into itself… Put yourself on good terms with God; have recourse to the Sacrament of Penance; you will sleep as quietly as an angel. You will be glad to waken in the night, to pray to God; you will have nothing but thanksgivings on your lips; you will rise towards Heaven with great facility, as an eagle soars through the air.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
