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Penance, after prayer, is the most effective
means for cleansing the soul of past faults and even for guarding it against
future falls…Penance may be defined as a supernatural virtue, allied in
justice, which inclines the sinner to abandon and hate his sins because they
offend God, while inclining him at the same time to form the firm resolve of
avoiding sins in the future and of atoning for those of the past…For each sin
we commit that has been remitted, there remains a temporal punishment and this
punishment must be atoned for in this life or in the next. It is to our
advantage to make satisfaction in this life and penance is a very important way
by which to accomplish this.
Father Charles Hugo Doyle
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