You can always set aside your wrath, be humble,
pray diligently, and confess your own sins.

 
St. John Chrysostom, 4th century

Because sinning means forgetting God,
repentance means a turning around,
doing what I know I must do.

 
Servant of God, Catherine Doherty, 20th century

God, in his great compassion and long-suffering,
watches from above, waiting for the time
we shall return to him.

 
Pseudo-Marcarius, 4th Century

You can always set aside your wrath,
be humble, pray diligently,
and confess your own sins.

 
St. John Chrysostom, 4th century

Condemn your own sins.
That will be enough reason for the Lord to forgive you.
A person who condemns his own sins
is slower to commit them again.

 
St. John Chrysostom, 4th century

Run back as that prodigal son,
and ask your Father for mercy.
He will help you, and not reject your desire.

 
St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century

Like a dry tree which puts forth shoots when watered,
the soul bears the fruit of holiness
when repentance makes it worthy of receiving the Holy Spirit.

 
St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th century

Acknowledge your sin,
not with spiritual dejection,
but with self-knowledge and trust in God’s goodness.

 
St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century