ON CONTRITION by Fr. O' Keeffe, 1891

ON CONTRITION

by Fr. O' Keeffe, 1891

  "A contrite and humble heart, O God,

Thou wilt not despise."--Ps. l. 19.

The heart, my brethren, is the seat of the affections: love and courage and vigor come forth from it as from their source. Virtues, and vices also, of every kind spring from the heart. The virtues that adorn a good life have their origin in the heart. Hence, we say of a good man, he has a good heart. And of a bad man, on the contrary, we say, he has a bad heart. "The things which proceed out of the mouth," says our Blessed Lord, "come forth from the heart . . . . . For, from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies" (Matt. xv. 18, 19).

PRAYER FOR DAILY NEGLECTS

PRAYER FOR DAILY NEGLECTS

PENANCE: The Sacrament by which, as a repentant sinner, I receive forgiveness of even mortal sins, and thus become again a living member of Christ's Mystical Body. Tonight, therefore, I shall examine my conscience in preparation for a full Confession, realizing that I must have a genuine sorrow for sin, together with a determination to sin no more.

ETERNAL FATHER, I offer Thee the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 

with all Its Love, all Its sufferings, and all Its merits:

TO EXPIATE all the sins I have committed this day, and during all my life. Amen.

GLORY BE, etc.

TO PURIFY the good I have done poorly this day, 

and during all my life.

GLORY BE, etc.

TO SUPPLY for the good I ought to have done, 

and that I have neglected this day 

and during all my life.

GLORY BE, etc.

Now recite An Act of Contrition

Story Of Padre Pio Refusing Absolution

The precise reason Padre Pio refused absolution to a woman who had an abortion and why he eventually granted her absolution 

SOURCE 

Throughout my adult life I've been surrounded by young female friends who tell me that they view me as a Latin Mass Catholic who takes sin and the sin of abortion in particular too seriously. They wear rictus smiles and claim it's not really so dire a sin when a woman employs a doctor to slaughter the little one inside her because she wants to prioritise her career or doesn't want a child with her current boyfriend. Or they reiterate the reason that I heard from the lips of hundreds of women when I was with them during their crisis pregnancies: that they can have a baby and provide for one, but they do not feel ready. 

ON CONTRITION....

ON CONTRITION

by Fr. O' Keeffe, 1891

                                       "A contrite and humble heart, O God,
                                           Thou wilt not despise."--Ps. l. 19.

The heart, my brethren, is the seat of the affections: love and courage and vigor come forth from it as from their source. Virtues, and vices also, of every kind spring from the heart. The virtues that adorn a good life have their origin in the heart. Hence, we say of a good man, he has a good heart. And of a bad man, on the contrary, we say, he has a bad heart. "The things which proceed out of the mouth," says our Blessed Lord, "come forth from the heart . . . . . For, from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies" (Matt. xv. 18, 19).

God is Merciful for a Season, and then Chastises (Video)

God is Merciful for a Season, and then Chastises 

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, . . how often would I have gathered thy children . . and thou wouldst not,
behold your house shall be left to you desolate (Luke, xiii. 34)
by St. Alphonsus Liguori

 Sinners will not Believe in the Divine Threats
until the Chastisement has come upon Them.

"Indulsistigenti, Domine, indulsisti genti; numquid glorificatus es?"
"Thou hast been favorable to the nation, O Lord, thou hast been favorable to the nation; hast thou been glorified ?"--Isa. xxvi. 15.