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 we must also detest them in our hearts as the greatest evil, and sincerely wish we had not committed them.

'''26. How must Contrition be ' universal'? '''

We must be sorry for all the sins we have committed, or, at least, for all mortal sins.

27. If a penitent has no sorrow for his venial sins, would his Confession nevertheless be valid?

If he has to confess venial sins only, and is not truly sorry for any one of them, his Confession is null.

28. How must Contrition be ' supernatural '?

The sorrow for our sins must arise not from the consideration of their natural evil consequences, but from supernatural motives; namely, because we have offended God, lost his grace, deserved hell, etc.

29. Would it not, then, be sufficient to be sorry for our sins on account of the temporal loss incurred by them?

To be sorry for our sins only because we have lost by them our health, property, reputation, etc., is nothing but a natural sorrow, which is of no avail for everlasting life.