Quotes About Confession

There are people who are afraid to go to confession, forgetting that they will not encounter a severe judge there, but the immensely merciful Father.

You can be Hitler and go to confession and say forgive me, Father, I killed six million Jews, and the priest would just be like no problem. Say 10 Heil Marys. And Hitler goes to heaven.

People "confess" can be wildly different. I might go into the confessional and say, "Father, what is my obsession with miniatures?"

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.

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.

If one does secret acts, what should one do to correct them? He should expose the acts and thereby he will no longer fear anyone.

He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

And I might, in order to justify myself, have told her that I loved her. But the confession of that love, apart from the fact that it could not have told Albertine anything new, would perhaps have made her colder to myself than the harshness and deceit for which love was the sole excuse. To be harsh and deceitful to the person whom we love is so natural!

for want of feeling or immorality, once confessed, simplify life as effectively as loose morals: they remove the need to find excuses for blameworthy actions, and transform them into obligations of sincerity

For the most dangerous of all forms of concealment is that of the crime itself in the mind of the guilty party. His permanent consciousness of it prevents him from imagining how generally it is unknown, how readily a complete lie would be accepted, and on the other hand from realising at what degree of truth other people will detect, in words which he believes to be innocent, a confession.

Confess: its my profession that alarms you. This is why few people ask me to dinner, though Lord knows I dont go out of my way to be scary.

His confession is said to have taken three days to make, and he received absolution from one of the monks there. He exchanged his nobleman's dress for the simple outfit of a poor pilgrim and made a night vigil

To have misapprehended the matter is to have confessed that one has not looked far enough.

We tend to deny our humanity because in accepting the fullness of it, we would need to confess how little we've done with it.

I hate to admit this but I don't even know how to make a cup of tea or coffee. I can boil a kettle for a pot noodle and I've been known to warm up some food in the microwave.

Is there a right way for being strong? Feels like I'm doing things all wrong. Still I'm here just holdin on, confess my heart and forgive my wrongs. Just tryna show you something more.

Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.

Es muy posible que lo que le voy a decir le parezca una locura. Si es así, me lo dice nomás. Pero no quiero andar con rodeos: creo que estoy enamorado de usted.

contó Lucía a la policía fue que había estado preparando esa muerte durante diez años. "Antes no podía matarla porque estaba débil. Pero en estos diez años, desde el día de mi aborto hasta hoy, me fui entrenando y poniendo fuerte para matar a mamá. Es raro, pero la verdad es que yo no podía vivir si ella también estaba viva".

In their addresses, both Graham and Stott paused for self-criticism. Graham confessed that it had been too easy for him "to identify the Gospel with . . . one political program or culture."[172

Confession breaks the power of canceled sin. It also heals the broken heart.

When you confess your sin, it no longer defines you.

Consecration is a process of surrender that never ends. And prayer is the catalyst. It begins with a sinner's prayer. We confess our sins to the Savior and surrender our lives to His lordship. And along the way, our spiritual journeys are

The tongue has the power of life and death.13 It's not some abracadabra incantation, but sometimes you have to say it like you believe it. Jesus literally spoke to the wind and the waves, right?