“Have you sinned? Go into Church and wipe out your sin. As often as you might fall down in the marketplace, you pick yourself up again. So too, as often as you sin, repent your sin. Do not despair. Even if you sin a second time, repent a second time. Do not by indifference lose hope entirely of the good things prepared. Even if you are in extreme old age and have sinned, go in, repent!” …. “For here there is a physician’s [i.e. the priest’s] office, not a courtroom; not a place where punishment of sin is exacted, but where the forgiveness of sin is granted.”
St. John Chrysostom – Homilies on Penance 3:4
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2012/03/20 at 19:49
Father,
Thank you for your post. I needed it this week! Struggling with a few things.
What a beautiful picture. Where did it come from?
S.
2012/03/20 at 20:40
Dear handmaid of God Stavroula,
I am glad you benefitted from the quote. May God strengthen you and comfort you in the struggle.
Unfortunately I can’t remember where I found the picture above… I have used in in some older posts as well. I can probably find out.
May God bless you,
Fr. Andreas
2012/03/24 at 00:27
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