This talk on penance is the thirty third in a series of lectures on the Catholic Catechism recorded in 1965 by Archbishop Fulton J Sheen in the privacy of his own study and first broadcast under the title 'Life is Worth Living'. A master communicator, Fulton Sheen recorded this insightful overview of the teachings of the Holy Catholic Church.
The essential acts of penance are the confession of sins, contrition, and satisfaction for sins. Contrition, or sorrow, is essential, along with a purpose of amendment, resolving not to sin again.