The Nature and the Necessity of Penance.
- In the Sacrament of Penance the repentant Christian con fesses his sins to a duly authorized priest, who, standing in the place of God, pronounces the absolution by means of which they are forgiven.
- The Sacrament of Penance is indispensably necessary for those who have fallen into sin after Baptism, for without this sacrament they are unable to recover the justice they have lost (Council of Trent, 14, 1; 6, 29).
- Let no one be deterred by a feeling of shame from confess ing his sins ; the priest dare not, under any pretext, reveal what is said in the confessional, and he is ever ready to receive the contrite sinner kindly.
- He who from a sense of shame conceals a mortal sin in confession, does not obtain forgiveness, but only adds to his other sins that of sacrilege; and exposes himself to the grave risk of dying impenitent.
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