### Instruction: Q. 201. Why should we be sorry for our sins?

### Response: A. We should be sorry for our sins, because sin is the greatest of evils and an offense against God our Creator, Preserver, and Redeemer, and because mortal sin shuts us out of heaven and condemns us to the eternal pains of hell.

-- Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON FIFTEENTH ON CONTRITION / Q. 201