Perverse Penances
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Mark 7:1-16
Then came together to him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.…
No matter how painful may be the mortification, how rigid the penance, how severe the abstinence; no matter how much may be taken from his purse, or from the wine vat, or from the store, he will be content to suffer anything sooner than bow before the Most High with a true confession of sin, and trust in the appointed Saviour with sincere, child-like faith.
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