“It is the truth which is assailed in any age which tests our fidelity. It is to confess we are called, not merely to profess. If I profess, with the loudest voice and the clearest exposition, every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christianity.
“Where the battle rages the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battle-field besides is mere flight and disgrace to him if he flinches at that one point. —Elizabeth R. Charles
We know we are called to trust the Lord Who is totally in control when he permits the Church, and all persons of Good will, to be assailed by forces of malice from without or from within. In His own appointed time and way, we are assured, He will act.
Why this website at all? “if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”— Romans 10:9
Meanwhile, we are reminded that it is our task as Catholics to do penance for our own sins and as part of the whole Church. Penance as love and reparation shows we remain on “the Way“. Confessing the imperishable divine order in the face of nihilist denial and collapse is part of our call.
2 Cor. 7:10: “For the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast unto salvation; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”
See also, St. Francis de Sales consoling words on forgiveness and spiritual self-knowledge.
“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.—Matt. 1:21
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness”— 1 Jn. 1;9
Confessing the Faith Despite Our Frailty
Cleanse and strengthen me, O Lord. For I have made little progress until now. Help me to grow and to persevere in your sanctifying love.
“. if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”— Rom. 10:9
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