![]() “The first purification which ought to be made is from sin the means to make it is the sacrament of penance.” ( ) “I make use of a name applicable to all such as aspire to devotion for the Greek word, Philothea, signifies a soul loving, or in love with, God.” ( Pages viii–ix) ![]() “So, when the penitent hates his sin, but only with a light, though true contrition, he resolves indeed to sin no more but when he abhors it with a powerful and vigorous contrition, he then not only detests the sin, but all the affections, tendencies, and occasions of it.” ( ) ![]() ![]() “The ordinary purifying and healing, be it of the body or the soul, is only effected little and little, going on by degrees, with pain and labour.” ( ) ![]()
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