St. Bernard declared forcefully,
“[You may say] I have committed a great sin. My conscience will be troubled but I will not despair because I remember the wounds of my Lord. For indeed, He was wounded for our iniquities.
What sin is there so deadly that it cannot be remitted through the death of Christ? With such confidence we, too must seek the Heart of Jesus as a sure refuge in all our falls. We will often commit some fault through our weakness or surprise in spite of all our good will”.
Let us then to humble ourselves profoundly, acknowledge our weakness with humility, but we must not let this experience separate us from the Heart of Jesus.
We should return to Him like the prodigal son to his Father and ask His pardon while kissing His sacred wounds, and renew our resolution to take up our abode in His Heart so full of goodness and mercy.”
— from Divine Intimacy by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene
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