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.
"Happy is the youth, because he has time before him to do good. "
St Philip Neri
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"A tree that is cultivated and guarded through the care of its owner produces its fruit at the expected time.
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St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church
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"It is vanity to love what passes quickly and not to look ahead where eternal joy abides.
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Thomas á Kempis
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