The most difficult repentance for us dyed-in-the-wool Catholics is changing our mind from thoughts of "meriting," "earning," "being good enough," simply to accepting with empty hands the gift of righteousness in Christ Jesus.
I do not believe that any "former priest" wrote those false and phony words.
NO big surprise there.
Most Proddys hereon are acutely familiar with RC’s disbelieving basic facts, basic history, basid definitions, basic Scripture.
That response was just more of the same.
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