As the rest of the books unfolds, Dr. Hahn touches on the covenant God has with us. And, by sinning, we are violating that covenant. He also describes how confession is a family affair dating back to the beginning of time. Confession is called the sacrament of penance. While confession describes the telling of one’s sin, penance essentially describes two things: an attitude and an action. In Chapter 10, Dr. Hahn expands on this notion. “Penance, considered as an attitude, describes the hatred of one’s own sins. Penance, in this sense, is a necessary condition for sacramental confession. We have to be truly sorry for our sins; we have to despise them, to some degree” (Hahn 134). I feel that if we truly feel this way it allows us to
