ON CONTRITION by Fr. O' Keeffe, 1891
"A contrite and humble heart, O God,
Thou wilt not despise."--Ps. l. 19.
The heart, my brethren, is the seat of the affections: love and courage and vigor come forth from it as from their source. Virtues, and vices also, of every kind spring from the heart. The virtues that adorn a good life have their origin in the heart. Hence, we say of a good man, he has a good heart. And of a bad man, on the contrary, we say, he has a bad heart. "The things which proceed out of the mouth," says our Blessed Lord, "come forth from the heart . . . . . For, from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies" (Matt. xv. 18, 19).
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