An epitome of the priestly life

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care that ever innocent of hands and clean of heari thou approachest toreceive the blessing and mercy os my

sanctua .

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FREQUENT CONFESSIONIT binooves thee, my son, Who cadiriest the sacred Vesseis, eatest thebread of angeis, and distributest it toothers, to bo frequently purified fromthy sius and to be Washed more and more hom thine iniquity. Thy senses and the affections of thylleari are ever prone to mit; and uni essthou hast frequent recourse to the fo-tain os grace and mercri thou inalisca ely be able to keep thyself inspolied in my Semice, to offer sacrifice to me Without blame and worthily perform theother functions os thy sacred ministry. Thou knowest, my son, thou inacheStthy peopte that frequent confessionWashes aWay iniquity more and more, meriS Sin, Presemes hom evit, strenginens in good, fosters Vigilance, keeps one in the right passi, strenginens One against temptation, infuses holymace imo the fouI, increases fervor a renders men daila purer and more

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Thou kno est, in son, thou teachestinat he who neglecis confession, salis

lituo by littis, perceives tess clearly his

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inio Sin.

us they put ois their confession. In the meantime obstacles arise and noWthey must os necessity say Μass. The congregation is assembled and there isno time for them to fhow themselves to a primi. They humbi e themselves, it is true, they mata an act of contrition after a

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They leave their former consessor and sein out a more indulgent one, Who sayspeace When there is no Peace, Places apilloW under their heads and thus suffers those Wretched priens to live on in Seir sins Without any amendment of li .

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Know there ore stat thou ari not more holy than my sainis, nor more perfectthan the most perfeci men.

Read Seir lives, my son, and thou Willsee that they frequently had recourse toconfession. It is a characteristic of the just ever to fear, and the more Worthythey are os love, the more they sear testihey may be deseruing of hate. Is the just man scareely hopes forsalvation, how cansi thou feel secure without frequent consession 3 Verily, my son, is thou ari a good pastor, thou Wilt be solicitous stat thyssoch neglect not the salutary practice of confession; and is they are indifferent