Α Guide to Repentance
A few words of
introduction
Every man, my
brother, is made up of:
-the mortal
and material body and
-the immaterial, immortal and spiritual soul.
God created man in
this way.
However, as the
body needs to be cared for, to be cleansed, to be clothed, to be fed, in the
same way the immortal soul has its own needs:
- ITS CLEANSING, that is confession, by
which it will be cleansed of the various impurities of its sins.
- ITS CLOTHING, not to be naked and freezing,
that is, all those works of love which our Christ commands us to do through His
Gospel, and
- ITS FOOD, that is, Holy Communion, the
all holy Body and Blood of the crucified sweetest Son of God and our Saviour
Jesus Christ.
If, however, we
look after our material body with such great care, shouldn't we pay more
attention to our immortal soul which is, as our beloved teacher Jesus says,
more valuable than our body?
“Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Mark 8:37-38)
In this little
booklet, written for you with a lot of love, you will read some simple
reflections on the great Sacrament of Repentance and of Confession, since
that's why our Christ came to earth, to bring repentance to mankind, because without
it no-one can truly love Christ and be saved.
