Note 678 — Chapter I · THE ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF THE CONFESSOR IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS OFFICE; OR, THE CONFESSOR CONSIDERED IN HIS OFFICE OF JUDGE
Richard F. (Richard Frederick) Clarke translation
It is not enough to say to indisposed penitents something of this kind: “Well, beg pardon of God for all your sins” (this is no true act of sorrow), or, “Are you heartily sorry for all your sins?” Effort must, above all things, be directed towards awakening in penitents (who have committed grave sins) a real abhorrence of sin; to this end they must first be prepared by an act of imperfect contrition, and then we must seek to bring them to perfect contrition.