IV. Interior Penance

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Interior repentance is a radical reorientation of our whole life, a return, a
conversion to God with all our heart, an end of sin, a turning away from evil,
with repugnance toward the evil actions we have committed. At the same time it
entails the desire and resolution to change one’s life, with hope in God’s
mercy and trust in the help of his grace. This conversion of heart is
accompanied by a salutary pain and sadness which the Fathers called animi
cruciatus (affliction of spirit) and compunctio cordis (repentance of
heart).²⁴

PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY

SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
- CHAPTER TWO THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
  - Article 4 THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
    - IV. Interior Penance

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team