Saint Nectarios of Aegina - Repentance is a bath that cleanses one of his own sins.

Repentance is a bath that cleanses one of his own sins.

It is a return from a state contrary to nature to a state in accordance with nature, from the devil to God, through spiritual striving and painful efforts. It is a voluntary return from offences to the good that is opposed to them.

Saint Nectarios of Aegina