"Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of penance." (St. Luke iii. 8.)

"This, my brethren, was the sermon which the holy Precursor of the Redeemer preached to all those who sought him in the wilderness, to learn what they should do to attain eternal life. Bring forth, said he, real fruits of penance, that your sins may be forgiven you, that is to say, whoever has sinned, has no other remedy but penance, even for those who obtained forgiveness in the sacrament of penance, there is still a punishment due, which must be atoned for, either in this world, by suffering, and all the other tribulations of this life, or in the flames of purgatory. This, my brethren, is the difference between the Sacrament of Baptism, and that of Penance; in the Sacrament of Baptism, God forgives us without requiring anything from us; on the other hand in the Sacrament of Penance, God remits our sins, and gives us grace on the condition that we undergo a temporary punishment either in this life, or in the flames of purgatory; so that man shall be punished for his contempt and abuse of grace. When God wills that we should do penance, so that our sins may be forgiven us, He demands it only to preserve us from relapsing into sin, so that by remembering what we have had to endure for our sins which we have confessed, we shall not dare to return to them again."

Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Penance

0:00 - Introduction.

*1. We are not exempt from the obligation of doing penance even when our sins are forgiven.

2:35 - Conditions of receiving worthily.

6:18 - We must make satisfaction to God.

7:19 - Examples: Adam, King David, St. Peter, St. Magdalene, Penances of the early Church.

*2. We must perform the penance imposed upon us by our confessor

11:40 - How penance must be done.

15:18 - The various ways of doing penance.

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"Sermons for the Sundays and Feasts of the Year" by St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney (the Curé d'Ars). New York; 1901.

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