Chapter

  1 1 |          renunciation of his former sins. But “God helps~the laborers
  2 2 |         perhaps, nine tenths of our sins, mistakes and even of our
  3 2 |       yourself came to confess your sins, how severe your own~struggle
  4 3 |         after humbly confessing his sins, listening to the gentle
  5 3 |           man, to take to heart the sins of others as if they were
  6 4 |       unhurried~confession of their sins and a talk of ten or even
  7 4 |             a sincere confession of sins before their spiritual father.
  8 4 |             ascetic~struggles — the sins of perhaps the majority
  9 4 |           and were ashamed of their sins before each other. Now society’
 10 4 |           Now society’s attitude~to sins and virtues is exactly the
 11 4 |         cohabitation. Absolution of sins and communion of the Holy
 12 5 |   Christians in their struggle with sins and passions. But there
 13 7 |       Spirit as the greatest of all~sins. After this these poor souls
 14 8 |          penitents the admission of sins which they could not bring
 15 8 |             depart unhealed.”~These sins may be very shameful and
 16 8 |      shameful and impure, unnatural sins against the seventh~commandment,
 17 8 |        person about such abominable sins.~After finishing the usual
 18 8 |           resolve to say about your sins at earlier confessions,
 19 8 |         feelings oppress them after sins that cannot be put right,
 20 8 |      punishment from God for former sins, or other perplexing events.~
 21 9 |    beginning to struggle with these sins. This is what you must tell
 22 9 |           tell them:~“Although your sins are serious in themselves
 23 9 |           repentant grief over your sins.~You must know that Holy
 24 9 |           you promise to hate~these sins and begin to struggle with
 25 9 |             they did not take their sins and~mistakes to heart at
 26 9 |        deeper and deeper into other sins, desires and passions, and
 27 9 |         much in the number of their sins, but in the inclination,
 28 9 | compunctionate repentance for one’s sins and joy over the mercy of
 29 10|            repentance for all their sins and promise to~test their
 30 10|          not give him absolution of~sins or Holy Communion unless
 31 11|             than the enumeration of sins or sinful acts,~which is
 32 11|           To wage war only with the sins that make their~appearance
 33 11|         root and throwing them out. Sins appear as~ ~inevitable outgrowths
 34 11|           and unstemmable source of sins until the~cause itself is
 35 11|             feeling~against our own sins, against passions and the
 36 12|       fasting and sobriety, then he sins with the passion of overeating
 37 12|             People talk about their sins, sinful deeds, and am I
 38 12|       either lust or adultery to be sins. On the contrary, if a young
 39 12|    self-exultation, remembering his sins~and passions and the humble
 40 13|         listen to the confession of sins~against chastity more than
 41 13|             to secret and unnatural sins. These inclinations will
 42 13|   repentance~and the essence of the sins themselves. Let us begin
 43 13|            ashamed to confess these sins to their spiritual~fathers;
 44 13|     abortions and also to unnatural sins, which are now extremely~
 45 13|            a greater sin to conceal sins at confession: as~we have
 46 13|             they make in evaluating sins and giving advice about
 47 13|        burst into tears. The lesser sins of this type are,~from a
 48 13|       children are guilty of secret sins — catechism teachers in
 49 13|            himself, but recount his sins to you.~Listen to him calmly
 50 13|          stop you committing lesser sins such~as fornication.” Thus
 51 13|         penance for adultery. Also,~sins, even very serious ones,
 52 13|        Consequently, concealment of sins at confession in~women’s
 53 13|         same type and so take their sins very lightly. You must explain
 54 13|            explain to~them that the sins, especially those of the
 55 13|            same~comparatively small sins as others of their own age
 56 13|       reproach themselves~for their sins. Later, after they had become
 57 13|            become hardened in their sins, they had to offer late~
 58 13|             you will hate both your sins and~your frivolous attitude
 59 13|           start fighting with these sins? — In varying ways,~depending
 60 13|            as an~awareness that his sins are forbidden, condemned
 61 13|         course, very wide,~as these sins destroy the soul of man,
 62 13|          about~struggle with secret sins and those of youth should
 63 14|           be. When people~repent of sins like this, besides explaining
 64 15|             the very roots of their sins, i.e.~struggle with their
 65 15|             to consider individual~~sins that are especially common
 66 17|             life and avoids serious sins,~yet has other gods apart
 67 17|            say about such secondary sins when “From the sole of the
 68 17|             in the form of separate~sins and falls into sin.~
 69 18|             Particular (Individual) Sins.~Sometimes a new spiritual
 70 18|           it difficult to enumerate sins; i.e., he simply~cannot
 71 18|         enough list of all possible sins can be compiled from the
 72 18|             A~General Confession of Sins by St. Dimitry of Rostov.
 73 18|     parishioner~about each of these sins, but he can read through
 74 18|            the curing of individual sins, let us ask ourselves~what
 75 18|            who recognize that their sins are reprehensible, but put~
 76 18|         wish to struggle with their sins yet, thinking or even declaring
 77 18|      particularly grievous over the sins I have~committed, when I
 78 18|          questions about individual sins. How can he awaken a deep
 79 18|            penitent’s eyes to those sins which he does not notice
 80 18|         consideration of individual sins, we suggest that~it is with
 81 18|             suggest that~it is with sins of this sort that the pastor
 82 18|            admits that he concealed sins at previous confessions —
 83 19|                                 19. Sins Against One’s Neighbour.~
 84 19|            in the accepted order of sins against God, against one’
 85 19|               i.e., first ask about sins against one’s~neighbour,
 86 19|             s~neighbour, then about sins against the Person of God
 87 19|            of God and finally about sins which~derange the inner
 88 19|             he is frightened by his sins, then tell him that~these
 89 19|           of your not insignificant sins, which have now been~revealed
 90 20|                                 20. Sins Against God.~This is what
 91 20|       confessing, as a link between sins against one’s~neighbour
 92 20|         against one’s~neighbour and sins against God Himself, which
 93 20|           prayers, enumerating your sins, and if you went to~church
 94 20|         conscience with~the load of sins and sinful habits which
 95 21|                                 21. Sins Against one’s Own Soul.~
 96 21|           offer repentance for your sins, then, apart from your offences
 97 21|            purpose is repentance of sins. So I will tell you about
 98 21|             particular passions and sins, he~ ~must give a short
 99 21|           the healing of individual sins, we do not, I repeat, make
100 22|         only if they committed such sins long ago, and have lamented~
101 A |          repentance, forgiveness of sins, and~deliverance, pardoning
102 A |           absolve thee from all thy~sins, in the Name of the Father,
103 B |            from Holy Communion your sins will be absolved. But if
104 C |             reverend father, all my sins which I have~committed up
105 C |        neglect of prayer~concealing sins at confession~I have sinned
106 C |         forgiveness. Absolve all my sins, reverend father, and bless
107 D |          salvation of your soul, of sins; or when they call on you
108 D |          what you imagine are their sins and vices?~Do you like to