Francois de Sales: confession
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209
Meditation:
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
—James 5:16 (ESV)
Quotation:
It is an abuse to confess any kind of sin, mortal or venial, without a will to be delivered from it, since confession was instituted for no other end.
… François de Sales (1567-1622), Introduction to the Devout Life [16..