Let the penitent be heard. The sins of the flesh and mind must be confessed and cast away. The cleric shall act as witness, not judge, and speak absolution only when the heart is moved to contrition.
Let all judgment be seasoned with mercy, and let repentance restore the fallen. Though the wolf be driven out, let the wayward lamb be welcomed again if it returns in humility.
"The law is not broken by mercy; mercy is its highest achievement."
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