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- LESSON EIGHTEENTH: On Contrition
- Q.753. What is contrition, or sorrow for sin?
- Q.754. Give an example of how we should hate and avoid sin.
- Q.755. What kind of sorrow should we have for our sins?
- Q.756. What do you mean by saying that our sorrow should be interior?
- Q.757. What do you mean by saying that our sorrow should be supernatural?
- Q.758. What do we mean by "motives that spring from faith" and by "merely natural motives" with regard to sorrow for sin?
- Q.759. What do you mean by saying that our sorrow should be universal?
- Q.760. Why cannot some of our mortal sins be forgiven while the rest remain on our souls?
- Q.761. What do you mean when you say that our sorrow should be sovereign?
- Q.762. Why should we be sorry for our sins?
- Q.763. How do we show that sin is the greatest of all evils?
- Q.764. How many kinds of contrition are there?
- Q.765. What is perfect contrition?
- Q.766. When will perfect contrition obtain pardon for mortal sin without the Sacrament of Penance?
- Q.767. What is imperfect contrition?
- Q.768. What other name is given to imperfect contrition and why is it called imperfect?
- Q.769. Is imperfect contrition sufficient for a worthy confession?
- Q.770. What do you mean by a firm purpose of sinning no more?
- Q.771. What do you mean by the near occasions of sin?
- Q.772. Why are we bound to avoid occasions of sin?
- Q.773. Is a person who is determined to avoid the sin, but who is unwilling to give up its near occasion when it is possible to do so, rightly disposed for confession?
- Q.774. How many kinds of occasions of sin are there?
- Q.775. What persons, places and things are usually occasions of sin?