Choose a topic from Part 3 Suppl:
1. St. Augustine describes confession as an act which laysbare the hidden evil and disease with the hope of cure andpardon.
2. Since confession is a true manifestation of consciencein which the heart and the lips agree, it is an act of virtue.
3. The virtue exercised by confession is the virtue ofpenance.
"A person who rails at God in adversity, suffers without merit; moreover by his lack of resignation he adds to his punishment in the next life and experiences greater disquietude of mind in this life."
St Alphonsus de Liguori
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"When the devil has failed in making a man fall, he puts forward all his energies to create distrust between the penitent and the confessor, and so by little and little he gains his end at last."
St Philip Neri
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"Many words do not satisfy the soul; but a good life eases the mind and a clean conscience inspires great trust in God."
Thomas á Kempis
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