What are you doing there? Said St. Antoninus to the evil spirit whom he saw hovering around a penitent preparing for confession. “I am making restitution.” “Restitution indeed! Said Antoninus. “Yes,” said the devil, “When I wanted to lead this man into sin, I took his shame away from him; now that it is a question of confession, I am restoring it to him.”
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