Looking for quotes......

[joandarc2008]

OK, everyone need help. I am looking for quotes on mourning past sins as the Saints like St Francis of Assisi have continued to mourn their past sins throughout their life. (Yes, even after confession.) Thank you and God bless.

 

[Trishie]

Rejoice in God’s mercy, in His love.

**Saint Padre Pio - On Sin **

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Someone complained to Padre Pio of being excessively distressed by the sins he had committed. Padre Pio replied to him:

“That which you feel is pride; it is the demon which inspires you with this sentiment, it is not true sorrow.”

The penitent replied: “Father, how can you then distinguish what comes from the heart and is inspired by Our Lord, and that which instead is inspired by the devil?” “You will distinguish it,” replied the holy priest, “always by this: The spirit of God is a spirit of peace, and also in the case of grave sin, it makes us feel a tranquil sorrow, humble, confident, and this is due precisely to His mercy.

The spirit of the demon, on the contrary, excites, exasperates, and makes us in our sorrow feel something like anger against ourselves, whereas our first charity must be to ourselves, and so if certain thoughts agitate you, this agitation never comes from God, who gives you tranquility, being the Spirit of Peace. Such agitation comes from the devil.”
http://hicatholicmom.blogspot.com/2010/10/saint-padre-pio-on-sin.html

 

[Trishie]

“Cease to do evil. Learn to do good, search for justice, help the oppressed, be just to the orphan, and plead for the widow. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.” [Isaiah 1:17-18]

You assure us through Isaiah, our God,
*“I have dispelled your faults like a cloud *
*your sins like a mist *
Come back to me, for I have redeemed you.” [Isaiah 44:22]

Furthermore, You proclaim:

*“Happy those whose crimes are forgiven, whose sins are blotted out; happy the man whom the Lord considers sinless.” [Psalm 31:1-2] For through Your Son, You have “cancelled every record of the debt that we had to pay; He has done away with it by nailing it to the cross.” *[Colossians 2:14-15]

Therefore, our God it is not presumptuous to ask that we may be healed of our faults and freed from our sin. Indeed, You have said:

*“No need to recall the past, *
*no need to think about what was before. *
*See I am doing a new deed, *
even now, it comes to light; can you not see it?
*Yes, I am making a road in the wilderness, *
paths in the wild.”[Isaiah 43:18-19]

 

[Trishie]

However if you don’t feel you wish to delight in God’s love and forgiveness as your primary focus dear friend, then you may find the repentance psalms helpful, e.g.:

*“Have mercy on me, O God in Your goodness, *
*in Your great tenderness, wipe away my faults; *
wash me clean of my guilt,
purify me from my sin.
**
*For I am well aware of my faults, *
*I have my sin constantly in mind, *
*having sinned against none other than You, *
having done what You regard as wrong.
**
*You are just when You pass sentence on me, *
*blameless when You give judgement. *
*You know I was born guilty, *
a sinner from the moment of conception.
**
*Yet since You love sincerity of heart, *
*teach me the secrets of wisdom. *
*Purify me with hyssop until I am clean; *
wash me until I am whiter than snow.
**
*Instil some joy and gladness into me, *
*let the bones You have rushed rejoice again. *
*Hide Your face from me sins, *
wipe out all my guilt.
**
*Be my saviour again, renew my joy, *
*keep my spirit steady and willing; *
*and I shall teach transgressors the way to You, *
and sinners will return.
**
*Save me from death, God my saviour, *
*and my tongue will acclaim Your righteousness; *
*Lord, open my lips, *
and my mouth will speak out Your praise.

*Sacrifice gives You no pleasure, *
*were I to offer holocaust, You would not have it. *
*My sacrifice is this broken spirit, *
You will not scorn this crushed and broken heart.” (Psalm 51)