Devotion of the day: the grace of frequent confession

It keeps the soul in grace. The Sacrament of Confession cleanses the soul of sin; but every day we miss, and why do we find it boring to confess often to be forgiven? Despite the resolutions, resolutions and prayers, without frequent confession and the grace that accompanies it, without the reproaches and advice of the confessor, we will fall back: experience proves it! Do you know how to keep yourself good and virtuous by rarely confessing?

Directs the soul to perfection. We are blind to our vices and defects: we are children unable to walk straight on the narrow path to Heaven, without a guide: we are inexperienced and hesitant about God's will over us!… Frequent confession makes us remedy our shortcomings and weaknesses. The confessor, enlightened by God, often reading in our consciences, corrects us, guides us, exhorts us to holiness. Don't you know what to do with these advantages?

Prepare the soul for death. 1 ° The great passage causes fear due to the uncertainty of the state in which our soul will find itself; ... but whoever confesses frequently is always prepared for death. 2 ° Frequent Confession, reminding us of our many daily falls, takes away the disgust of death in equal measure, as a means of no longer offending God. 3 ° Does confession inculcate in us vanity, the nothingness of the earth, does not make us desire Heaven? So attend her from the heart.

PRACTICE. - Get yourself a stable confessor; open your heart entirely to him. Are you calm about your confessions?