A Daily Quote to Inspire Your Catholic Faith


“But the essential act of penance, on the part of the penitent, is contrition, a clear and decisive rejection of the sin committed, together with a resolution not to commit it again, out of the love which one has for God and which is reborn with repentance.”

– Pope Saint John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation, Reconciliatio et Paenitentia, December 2, 1984

The Optional Memorial of Saint John Paul II (1920 – 2005) is October 22.

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