
WOF 344: Seeking the Good and the Beautiful
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
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Newman's Repentance
Repentance is an inward confession of our guilt. But to whom do we then confess? Repentance ends with a clear consciousness of the removal of guilt, but who has taken the guilt from us? What sheley remarks here is that the sentiment of authentic s ame and remorse goes far beyond a feeling of responsibility toward another human being whom we've offended. It places us painfully in the presence of the source of all moral obligation. And the experience of being truly forgiven.
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