We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves.
Sorrow for sin is indeed necessary, but it should not be an endless preoccupation. You must dwell also on the glad remembrance of God's loving-kindness; otherwise, sadness will harden the heart and lead it more deeply into despair.
Every painful consequence of sin is a part of the punishment meted out for sin.
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
Remorse is the pain of sin.
Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they make us apt, ready, and inclined to lose grace and to fall into mortal sin.
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
To us sin has not become any less of a mystery or a pain.
It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.
If nothing else, there's comfort in recognising that no matter how much we fail and sin, death will limit our suffering.