Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

 

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) The more a soul has sorrow for its sins, the more it has peace, because confidence increases when repentance deepens.   The more pain he feels for having displeased God, the more the soul will hope that God will grant mercy and therein rests its joy.   The reason the number of saints is so small in the world today is that there are very few persons who have the courage to face up to their transgressions of God's law or are sufficiently confident to continue it long enough for it to prove effective.   The foundation of Christian perfection is humility, and humility can be acquired only by a deep knowledge of one's miseries, that is to say, of one's sins at their roots. Father Charles Hugo Doyle 

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)     We must not fret over our own imperfections. Although reason requires that we must be displeased and sorry whenever we commit a fault, we must refrain from bitter, gloomy, spiteful and emotional displeasure. Many people are greatly at fault in this way. When overcome by anger they become angry at being angry, disturbed at being disturbed, and vexed at being vexed. By such means they keep their hearts drenched and steeped in passion…We must be sorry for our faults, but in a calm, settled firm way. St. Francis de Sales    [This is just one of 1200 thought-provoking and faith-building quotations you will find in Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire! - Words to Challenge, Inspire and Instruct ] 

  (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) The only difference between a sinner and a saint is found in their attitude toward their sins – the one persisting in them; the other weeping bitterly. Venerable Fulton J. Sheen 

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) More than the sin itself what displeases and offends God is the sinner not feeling any sorrow for his sins.  St. John Chrysostom