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Mgr. Louis de Ségur: Short Answers to Common Objections Against Religion - 1908
FORTY-FOURTH OBJECTION. TO GO TO CONFESSION WAS ALL VERY WELL WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL; BUT NOW!
Answer. But now, when I have ten times more need of it, I no longer go!
But now, that my passions are developing themselves, that I am surrounded with the dangers of the world, exposed to evil on all sides, what is the use of taking precautions? . . .
Poor human heart! how it wanders at random, when, instead of obeying reason, it pretends to guide it.
Confession is needful at every period of life, because it is always necessary to obey the laws of God, promulgated by the Catholic Church. Now, the law of God commands every man capable of committing sin, without any exception, to confess his sins at least once a year.
At every period of life, one stands in need of confession, because at every period of life we commit sin, because at any period of life we may die, and confession alone is the divine remedy which effaces sin, and keeps the soul in readiness to appear before God.
In proportion as man advances onward in this life, the combats he has to encounter become more violent, the attacks he has to sustain more frequent and formidable, his many foes more numerous still. . . . Is it, then, the time to lay down his arms?
FORTY-FOURTH OBJECTION. TO GO TO CONFESSION WAS ALL VERY WELL WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL; BUT NOW!
Answer. But now, when I have ten times more need of it, I no longer go!
But now, that my passions are developing themselves, that I am surrounded with the dangers of the world, exposed to evil on all sides, what is the use of taking precautions? . . .
Poor human heart! how it wanders at random, when, instead of obeying reason, it pretends to guide it.
Confession is needful at every period of life, because it is always necessary to obey the laws of God, promulgated by the Catholic Church. Now, the law of God commands every man capable of committing sin, without any exception, to confess his sins at least once a year.
At every period of life, one stands in need of confession, because at every period of life we commit sin, because at any period of life we may die, and confession alone is the divine remedy which effaces sin, and keeps the soul in readiness to appear before God.
In proportion as man advances onward in this life, the combats he has to encounter become more violent, the attacks he has to sustain more frequent and formidable, his many foes more numerous still. . . . Is it, then, the time to lay down his arms?
"So let us be confident, let us not be unprepared, let us not be outflanked, let us be wise, vigilant, fighting against those who are trying to tear the faith out of our souls and morality out of our hearts, so that we may remain Catholics, remain united to the Blessed Virgin Mary, remain united to the Roman Catholic Church, remain faithful children of the Church."- Abp. Lefebvre