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To: Mrs. Don-o

“Perfect contrition. Sorrow for sin arising from perfect love. In perfect contrition the sinner detests sin more than any other evil, because it offends God, who is supremely good and deserving of all human love. Its motive is founded on God’s own goodness and not merely his goodness to the sinner or to humanity. This motive, and not the intensity of the act, less still the feelings experienced, is what essentially constitutes perfect sorrow.”

All holiness is in the will.


48 posted on 10/14/2014 7:44:26 PM PDT by WriteOn (Truth)
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To: WriteOn
Very true.

Not sure how that responds to mine at #19.

50 posted on 10/15/2014 9:05:16 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Faith with love is the faith of Christians. Without love, it is the faith of demons. - Bede the Ven)
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