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maxim[12][1] = "Frequent confession is the cause of great good to the soul because it purifies it, heals it, and confirms it in the service of God: we ought not therefore to omit confession on our fixed days for any business whatsoever | maxim[12][1] = "Frequent confession is the cause of great good to the soul because it purifies it, heals it, and confirms it in the service of God: we ought not therefore to omit confession on our fixed days for any business whatsoever, but should go to confession first and to business afterwards, and the first will help the last."; | ||
maxim[12][2] = "When we go to confession, we ought to persuade ourselves to find Jesus Christ in the person of our confessor."; | maxim[12][2] = "When we go to confession, we ought to persuade ourselves to find Jesus Christ in the person of our confessor."; | ||
maxim[12][3] = "Give me ten men really detached from the world, and I have the heart to believe I could convert the world with them."; | maxim[12][3] = "Give me ten men really detached from the world, and I have the heart to believe I could convert the world with them."; | ||
