Life of St John Vianney.pdf - the Catholic Kingdom!

"My"My"My94 THE CUR^ OF ARS.prescribes. So, when we have fallen into some groat sin,we must have recourse to the physician, who is the priest,and the remedies, which are the Sacraments.children, the goodness of God in instituting thisgreat Sacrament is past our comprehension. If we hadhad a favour to ask of our Lord, we should never havethought of asking this. But He foresaw our weaknessand His love led Him to doand our inconstancy in good,for us what we should, never have dared to ask.children, many people make bad confessionsalmost unconsciously. They say,*I don t know what ailsme. They are tormented in mind, and know not why.They are wanting in the agility which takes us straightto the good God there is; something heavy and burdensome upon them which wearies them. My children, theseare the remaining sins often only venial sins forwhi,jh they retain an affection. There are some evenwho tell all their sins, but do not repent of them, andthereupon they go to Holy Communion. Here is theBlood of our Lord profaned. They go to the holy tablewith a certain repugnance. They say, * Yes; I have confessed allmy sins. I know not what ails me/ And theycommunicate in this doubt. Here is an unworthy Communion made almost unconsciously.children, there are some who profane the Sacraments in another way. They have concealed mortal sinsfor ten or twenty years. They are continually tormented ;their sin isalways present to their mind; they alwaysintend to confess it,and always defer the confession. Thisis a very hell on earth. Then perhaps they ask to makea general confession, and tell their sins as if they had onlyjust committed them; they will not confess that they haveconcealed them for ten or twenty years. Here is a bad