have faith

Jesus tells his Apostles at the last supper:  Do not let your hearts be troubled.  You have faith in God; have faith also in me.  (John 14:1)

Said another way:  The Lord's mercy is infinitely greater than the stupidity of our sinfulness.

to know God...

The doctrine is not of compulsion; the word of life is of free will.... If you wish to heed the word of life, cut yourself off from evil things; the hearing of the word does no good to someone busy with sins....

First of all, trust in God, and then listen to his law.

You cannot hear his words while you do not know yourself....

....Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, these three will be a wall to you against divisions and quarrels.... See that you do not become another's for you have no other Lord....

You yourself are a chld of God who is high over all...


~St Ephrem the Syrian
Homily on Admonition and Repentance 1-2

anger

Anger is like a poison meant for someone else that we drink ourselves. 

before confession

Before we go to confession, we must trust.

We must trust that God's mercy is greater than anything that priest is going to hear.

Judas was the one who betrayed Jesus.  The truth is, they all scattered.  But the others accepted Jesus' forgiveness.  Judas was sorry, but he didn't trust Jesus to forgive him.

stay out of that sandbox!

Discouragement is the devil's sandbox.

Once you get in the sandbox, despair is the next step.

Do NOT become discouraged.

Give those things to God in confession.

11.07

but i haven't killed anyone....

All sin is offensive to God - not just mortal sins.

(So you don't have to wait until you are guilty of mortal sins to go to confession!)

God loves to forgive!

(Lucky for us.)