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He showed me how I am like a child in a baptismal robe, after sorrow and forgiveness, penance and reparation.

As I bowed before His Precious Blood, He raised me up, because that holy Easter night was a time for joy, not penance.

When it is difficult and costly to change our lives, for Christ's sake, and to remain sober and chaste, unlike our contemporaries, it is as though a fire burns within our hearts; yet this agony is a sacrifice which we can offer to God as a penance for past sins.

The soul which is hollowed out, for the love of God, by prayer and penance, is a 'home' for Jesus, whose praise streams to the Father.

The prayerful person who accepts all trials patiently in a spirit of penance, supports and helps many other reckless souls endangered by sin who refuse to do God's Will.

The prayerful person who accepts all trials patiently in a spirit of penance, supports and helps many other reckless souls endangered by sin who refuse to do God's Will.

We prepare our hearts, to offer a holy sacrifice to God in prayer, by doing penance for our sins. When we place the tinder of penance on the altar in our hearts, Christ sets it ablaze, as a fragrant offering for Heaven, given in love.

We prepare our hearts, to offer a holy sacrifice to God in prayer, by doing penance for our sins. When we place the tinder of penance on the altar in our hearts, Christ sets it ablaze, as a fragrant offering for Heaven, given in love.

The soul purified through grace by prayer, penance and acts of charity is like a bright, beautiful chamber

Our Dear Lady did not speak of penance; she knew my whole heart's secrets, which I had shown Her, long ago.

Though we might believe that we are serving God faithfully, we might rarely see any results from our acts of charity or self-giving - as if we were flying over a cloudy landscape with only an occasional glimpse of the fields below. Christ assures us, however, that all who remain faithful will one day see the great crowd of people whom they have helped by their penances, good works and intercessions.

Through contrition, repentance, penance, darkness and suffering we are purified and prepared for Heaven

God the Father is calling everyone to turn to Him; yet the gloomy interiors of sinful souls resemble a dark room in a catacomb: people who refuse to repent, who refuse to confess their sins, and who do no penance. Their souls are dead, even in this life; and if they die in their sins they will never see God. We should try to share the truth about spiritual danger, and the life of grace held out to us.

Through a soul now "hollowed" by penance and prayer, the Holy Spirit 'breathes' His wishes, to the Father.

The greater the number of our penances, made sincerely, then the deeper is made our soul's 'channel' through which grace reaches others.

A washing machine's interior is kept bright and shining through the movement of the clothes in it, in frequent washes. In the same way, a soul's 'interior' is kept bright and clean when active in good works, for love of Christ. By good works, prayer and penance we purify our souls and increase the inner splendour given to us by Christ.

Catholic priests should indeed give us good advice. Yet their principle purpose in the confessional, in the sacrament of Penance, is to forgive our sins. They are not ordained to be like secular counsellors.

The idols or 'golden calves' which many people worship today, are their own selfish opinions, often contrary to the Church's teachings, their lack of reverence towards God, their neglect of penance and prayer, and the neglect of the ordinary duties of their state of life.

Just as the ancient people of God made an idol of a golden calf, so many people today make an idol of their private opinions, neglecting God's law, or they lack reverence in church, neglect prayer and penance, and disregard the duties of their state of life - loving their own will instead of the Will of God.

The big question we should ask ourselves is: 'Am I ready for Heaven?' We have a great need for repentance, penance and purification.