Open confession is good for the soul

Open confession is good for the soul

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a read more

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

In confession... we open our lives to healing, reconciling, restoring, uplifting grace of Him who loves us in spite of read more

In confession... we open our lives to healing, reconciling, restoring, uplifting grace of Him who loves us in spite of what we are.

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats read more

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed read more

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.