17 June 2021
On Repentance
What
can show more pride than this, since the Scripture says: No one is free from
sin, not even an infant of a day old; and David cries out: Cleanse me from my
sin. Are they more holy than David, of whose family Christ vouchsafed to be
born in the mystery of the Incarnation, whose descendant is that heavenly Hall
which received the world's Redeemer in her virgin womb? For what is more harsh
than to inflict a penance which they do not relax, and by refusing pardon to
take away the incentive to penance and repentance? Now no one can repent to
good purpose unless he hopes for mercy.
St. Ambrose
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