Who wrote this? Where did he write it?
“I would rather feel contrition than know how to define it. For what would it profit us to know the whole Bible by heart and the principles of all the philosophers if we live without grace and the love of God?”
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The answers are:
Thomas à Kempis; on the very first page of The Imitation of Christ
I personally prefer 'perceive and respond to contrition in me' to 'feel' it. Sometimes, though, I wonder if my contrition is response to sin-guilt or graces meant to stir my contrition. Or, is it the graces that arouse my sin-guilt and drive me to the confessional? Or, does my sin-guilt cause God to bestow the graces? Do you have a thought here?
