Quotes About Sin

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.

There is, however, one other figurative representative of humanity in which we fail to recognize our own scornful and pitiful selves at our peril. That pathetic figure reflecting the readers back to themselves very uncomfortably is Gollum. Seldom or perhaps never in the field of human literature has the human soul in a state of addiction to sin been portrayed with such psychological realism and spiritual brilliance.

St. Augustine observes in one of his Sermons: " There were those who said that certain sins must not be forgiven. They were excluded from the Church and became heretics. Our kind Mother the Church never

ceases to be merciful, no matter what sins have been conv mitted.

The sacramental system of the Reformers flowed quite logically from their false idea of justification. If justification really consisted in a merely extrinsic appli cation of the merits of Jesus Christ, which cover the sin ner and hide his wickedness from the sight of God, and if faith were the only thing whereby man is justified, 2

A man who is sorry for his sins, is sorry either be cause sin is an evil done to God (malum Deo), or because it is an evil done to himself (malum homini). If his sorrow is inspired by the first-mentioned motive, i. e. perfect charity, which not only loves God as the highest good above all else, but likewise abhors whatever is op posed to Him, he has perfect contrition. 4 All other kinds are necessarily imperfect.

The Church has always regarded the admin istration of a Sacrament in the state of mortal sin as a sacrilege, and insists on the personal sanc-

satisfaction blots out the temporal punishments due to sin. Consequently the just man must be able to merit de condigno forgiveness of the temporal punishments remaining after absolu tion. Like all good works, those whereby satisfaction is made for sins are reducible to three classes: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. This is the express teaching of Trent. 32 Scripture tells us that these three kinds of good works blot out sin and are accepted by God in satisfaction of both guilt and punishment.

Baptism has for its general effect the regeneration of the soul, 1 and hence belongs to the " Sacraments of the dead." Its specific effects are three, viz.: (i) the grace of jus tification (iustificatio prima) ; (2) forgiveness of all the penalties of sin; and (3) the sacramental character.

The effect of this Sacrament [Baptism] is the remission of every sin, original and ac tual.

This Sac rament," he says, " can effect the forgiveness of sin in two ways. First of all, by being received, not actually, but in desire . . .; secondly, when received by one in mortal sin of which he is not conscious, and for which he has no attachment; for possibly he was not suffi ciently contrite at first, but by approaching this Sacrament 9 Cone. Trident., Sess. VII, can. in peccato existens,

devoutly and reverently, he obtains the grace of charity, which will perfect his [imperfect] contrition, and bring forgiveness of sin.

Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life.

Tu vida fue una vida llena de miseria, sin sentido. Cuando éramos jóvenes gocé tu carne. En los últimos años la he desdeñado. Tal vez fuera ése nuestro pecado. Como el calor del amor no estaba en nosotros, sino el hielo de la costumbre, todo a nuestro alrededor ha muerto, todo se atrofió y se echó a perder. Tienes suerte, Deborah. El Señor ha tenido compasión de ti.

I have committed grave sins, and the Lord has closed his eyes. I have called him an izpravnik. He has covered his ears. He is so great that our badness becomes small.

People today would hardly understand me if I started writing about freedom and honour ... Nowadays, silence is the better policy. I am writing purely to obtain clarity for myself, and, so to speak, 'pro nomine dei.' May He forgive me my sin!

What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

2 AM. Es la hora del Oficio Nocturno, y la iglesia en penumbra parece que está llena de demonios. Ésta es la hora de las tinieblas y de las fiestas. La hora de mis parrandas. Y regresa mi pasado. "Y mi pecado está siempre delante de mí.

Las luces del "Copacabana" rielando en el agua negra del malecón, que mana de las cloacas de Managua. Conversaciones absurdas de noches de borrachera que se repiten y se repiten como un disco rayado. Y los gritos de las ruletas, y las roconolas. "Y mi pecado está siempre delante de mí.

Es la hora en que brillan las luces de los burdeles y las cantinas. La casa de Caifás está llena de gente. Las luces del palacio de Somoza están prendidas. Es la hora en que se reúnen los Consejos de Guerra y los técnicos en torturas bajan a las prisiones. La hora de los policías secretos y de los espías, cuando los ladrones y los adúlteros rondan las casas y se ocultan los cadáveres. Un bulto cae al agua.

Yo hubiera querido tener la vida intensa de pecado sexual que él tuvo antes de su conversión;

Good preachers don't preach about God and heaven, and things like that. They always preach against something, like hell and the devil. Them is things to be against. It wouldn't do a preacher no good to preach for God. He's got to preach against the devil and all wicked and sinful things. That's what the people like to hear about. They want to hear about the bad things.

How is it, that for many of us, being a good Christian is nothing more than being a good person? The entire focus of our faith has been the elimination of sin, which is important but inadequate; rather than the unleashing of a unique, original, extraordinary, wonderfully untamed, faith.

Most religions offer tremendous patterns of "pushing against" as they scrutinize human behavior looking for evidence of wrongdoing and sin. And often that perceived wrongdoing is pointed toward sexual behavior. Every thought that devalues self, even if it is spoken from a religious platform, causes separation between the human physical self and the Non-Physical Inner Being. And that is, in fact, what confusion is.