Attention Quote by Maria Monk

I'm interested in how the confessional is so abrasively critiqued today. I'm not really comfortable with simply confessing but I do think "confessing" is…

— Kiese Laymon

It's not a confession if no one reads it. It's just an unshared secret.

— Colleen Hoover

Confession is the act of inviting God to walk the acreage of our hearts. “There is a rock of greed over here, Father. I…

— Max Lucado

One of the problems with a lot of "confessional" writing is that it starts and stops with the confessional and doesn't really tie the…

— Kiese Laymon

“The Council warns confessors not to " connive at sins and deal too indulgently with penitents by enjoining certain very light works for very…

— Joseph Pohle

“What a need we humans have for confession. To a priest, to a friend, to a psychoanalyst, to a relative, to an enemy, even…

— Aidan Chambers

It used to irritate a friend of mine that when he went to confession he never got the chance to tell the priest the…

— Monica Furlong

“achieved a result, then just hours later this retreat, which didn't worry him, he said, the confession would weigh heavily in court, it needed…

— Karin Fossum

Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue to do…

— John Climacus

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Confession is a sacred rite enhanced by allegory, exaggeration, and lies.

— Craig Ferguson

“Because what good’s confession without penance—right,”

— Wally Lamb