What would we be without the Sacrament of Penance?

We would probably go crazy.

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We would go crazy over the weight of our sins. The pain of our fragility would be like a sword embedded in the heart.

We would be afraid of death, and afraid of living. Nothing would be worth it. It would be unbearable to imagine that we will offend, without return, the author of life. That we hurt the one…