This conviction that guilt is washed away in sacramental confession rests upon the clear and simple statement of Christ, and this faith in Christ brings a vast and overwhelming consolation, which can be fully appreciated only by those minds and souls that have been torn by the conscious guilt of unforgiven sin, The certain knowledge that he is re-instated in God's friendship strengthens a man with fresh courage and animates him with a profound sense of internal peace,
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