Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

 

  (Photo by Shalone Cason on Unsplash ) I shall not be overanxious about my confession…I will confess entirely, telling all my sins and the number as best I can and the circumstances that change their nature, no matter how shameful they may be…All that I need do is quietly make an earnest effort to do my best…Sorrow is really the most important thing in confession…Sorrow is an act of the mind and will.   It is not a matter of feeling…if I have no genuine will to hate sin and avoid it, I have no true sorrow…A very good proof of true contrition is change of conduct.   Father Winfrid Herbst, S.D.S.  

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons )   No sincere prayer is left unanswered.   If He does not always give me what I want, it is because that would not be for my spiritual welfare, but in such a case, He gives me something that is just as good or something better.  Father Winfrid Herbst, S.D.S 

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) He who perseveres to the end shall be saved. But how can I persevere? I must keep in my soul, an undying spirit of compunction and sorrow for past sins.  I must avoid the immediate occasions of sin – such persons, places or things as happen to be for me a grievous temptation to mortal sin. I must participate in the frequent reception of Penance and Holy Communion (weekly to confession, daily to Communion).  I must engage in earnest and constant prayer.  I must have a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. I must engage in pious reading – reading slowly and thoughtfully, letting their content sink into my mind, applying things to myself, pausing to say little prayers and making resolutions.  Father Winfrid Herbst, S.D.S.