For those grieving over real guilt for actual misdeeds, Gregory hypothesizes that three stages are required for a return to moral health — penitence, pardon, and reparation. (religion-online.org)
A good complaint, though... You know, I experienced real guilt for the first time in years when I started neglecting my Facebook (FB: US) Ever get that feeling? (wexboy.wordpress.com)
And he undermines the Church's view on the seriousness of mortal sin in the following comment: «Though the Church's traditional distinction between mortal and venial sin is justifiable, it is in the concrete just as difficult to tell the one from the other as to assign real guilt to a person.» (faith.org.uk)