First, genuine repentance: a determination to change and to repair breaches of my own making.

"Because he could not allow your husband to communicate, my love," said Aunt, "without being sure of his genuine repentance."

"Yes," she said to appease me, "much too much;" but I didn't hear genuine repentance in her voice.

Through struggling with fasting, the believer comes face to face with the reality of his condition - the starting point for genuine repentance.

Concerning Confession, having a list of deadly sins could, in fact, become an obstacle to genuine repentance.

Yet even after all the disobedience, God still promises to respond to the call of genuine repentance.

"For us not to be forgiving of genuine repentance would be a contradiction and un-Christian."

All that He requires is genuine repentance and dedication to His will.

Through genuine repentance and forgiveness, the soul of our nation is redeemed.

These souls will be admitted to Purgatory thanks to their genuine repentance, but must wait outside for an amount of time equal to their lives on earth.