This is RCT number 72, contrition before confession. RCT stands for the Roman Catechism of Trent.

Today we are on pages 291 to 299. This is the sacraments episode 24 and blessed feast of the

purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. God grant you his peace and nominipateratri, Sifili, it speedy to Santee, amen.

O heavenly king, comforter, spirit of truth, who are everywhere present and fillest all things,

treasury of good things and giver of life, come and dwell on us and cleanse us of all impurity,

and save our souls, O good one, in omitipatri, Sifili, at speedy to santi, amen. Okay, today we are going to look at the first of the four parts of confession, and according to the Church Fathers and many of the writers, Confucian is absolutely the most important part of confession, if you can believe it. And this is why the Roman Catechism of Trent spent so much time in it. I think what we're

going to do today is reflect what I did in the CPX series where I just read you a big chunk

and then at the end give you my own thoughts. Normally I interspersed those thoughts, but again today

I'm going to read you a large chunk of it and then just give you a few thoughts of my own at the end.

Okay, and then the Roman Catechism of Trent today reads,

The first part of penance, contrition.

As the faithful require instruction on the nature and efficacy of the parts of penance,

we must begin with contrition.

This subject demands careful explanation. For as often as we call to mind

our past transgressions or offend God anew, so often should our hearts be pierced with contrition.

The meaning of contrition. By the fathers of the Council of Trent, Contrition is defined, a sorrow and detestation for sin committed

with a purpose of sinning no more. And a little further on the Council

speaking of the motion of the will to contrition adds,

if joined with a confidence in the mercy of God and an earnest

desire of performing whatever is necessary to the proper reception of the sacrament, it thus prepares

us for the remission of sin. Contrition is a detestation of sin. From this definition, therefore,

the faithful will perceive that the efficacy

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