The Secret of Confession : Including the Wonders of Confession

Probably the most intriguing and consoling book ever written about the Sacrament of Confession. This little gem contains a host of true stories about Confession, plus quotes from the Bible and the Saints of the early Church. Shows how even Protestants admire Confession, how it comes from Our Lord Himself, and gives renewed courage and youthfulness of spirit to the heart and soul. Says that by means of weekly Confession any sin can be conquered! Filled with warmth and love. This must be the most intriguing and delightful book ever written on the Sacrament of Confession. The beloved Fr. Paul OSullivanauthor of All About the Angels , How to Be HappyHow to Be Holy , Read Me or Rue It , and many other extremely popular books and bookletsbrings forth in this little gem a host of true stories about Confession, plus quotations on Confession from Holy Scripture and from the Saints of the early Church. Many of his anecdotes involve non-Catholics, showing how Confession has won the admiration even of Protestants. He combines all these elements to prove that Confession comes from Our Lord Himself, that it gives renewed courage and youthfulness of spirit to the heart and soul, and that by means of weekly Confession any sin can be conquered! (Fr. OSullivan also gives sound Catholic counsel to mothers and fathers about encouraging frequent Confession for their children as a means of protecting them from grave dangers against purity.) The Secret of Confession shows that God has given a very practical and workable remedy for every ill that ails the human soula divine remedy equally capable of dissolving the hardened indifference of repeated mortal sin and of healing the lesser faults of little children. This book reveals one of the truly great secrets of the Catholic Faith. It describes with great warmth and love the Sacrament of Confessionthat spiritual tonic whereby God both raises up great and heroic saints and also leads countless ordinary Catholics to a remarkable purity of heart in this life and to the eternal reward of Heaven in the next.