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Theory and practice of the confessional

Note 177 — Chapter I · CONTRITION

Richard F. (Richard Frederick) Clarke translation

This is in accordance with the Roman Ritual, which, Tit. III. cp. I (Ordo ministrandi Sacr. Pœnit. n. 17), says: “After the confessor has heard the confession ... he should try by earnest exhortation to move the penitent to contrition.”

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