"[Lent] is the season of confession. Confess what you have done in word or deed, by night or day. Confess in an acceptable time, and in the day of salvation receive the heavenly treasure. ... Blot out from your mind all earthly care, for you are running for your soul. You are utterly forsaking the things of the world. Small are the things you are forsaking; great is what the Lord is giving. Forsake things present, and put your trust in things to come.
Have you run so many circles of the years bustling vainly about the world, and have you not forty days to be free for prayer for your own soul's sake? 'Be still, and know that I am God,' says the Scripture (Psalm 46:10). Excuse yourself from speaking many idle words. Neither backbite, nor lend a willing ear to backbiters; but rather be prompt to prayer. ...
If you have anything against any man, forgive it. You come here to receive forgiveness of sins, and you, too, must forgive him who has sinned against you. Or how will you say to the Lord, 'Forgive me my many sins,' if you have not yourself forgiven your fellow servant even his little sins."
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