The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.
Prayer doesn't change things - God changes things in answer to prayer.
The human heart is a factory of idols...Everyon e of us is, from his mother's womb, expert in inventing idols.
He makes this favor common to all, because it is propounded to all, and not because it is in reality extended to all; for though Christ suffered for the sins of the whole world, and is offered through God’s benignity indiscriminately to all, yet all do not receive him.
Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship.