“But you dearest brethren who have a ready fear to God-ward, and whose mind, even amid its fall, is conscious of its misery, do you in penitence and sorrow gain knowledge of your sins, recognize the deep charge upon your conscience, open the eyes of the heart to an intelligence of your offence, not despairing of the Lord’s Mercy, yet neither making light claim to His pardon.”
(St Cyprian, excerpt from De Laps)