"And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.“


-Joseph J. Ellis

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And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.

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