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True repentance is such a difficult commitment, not just because we’re taking responsibility for something that’s already happened, but because we are making a commitment to changing ourselves so that the same thing doesn’t happen again.
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Day 5: Act of Contrition, 5th Line
This is how utterly helpless we are before God, that even our penance has to be done with His help.
Day 3: Act of Contrition, 3rd Line
This line, as simply as it seems, only begins to make sense when we begin to understand that we are not our own. All of creation belongs to God. Even our very breath is on loan from Him.
Day 2: Act of Contrition, 2nd Line
Sins are acts of the will. We simply know what we should do, and we chose to do something else instead.
Day 1: Act of Contrition, 1st Line
I couldn’t imagine a better line of prayer to focus on for Ash Wednesday. These words encompass the very heart of the entire Lenten season as we prepare ourselves for the Passion and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.