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 “We are sinners and will continue sinning but God is merciful when we humbly repent!”

Is not Joe’s humble public confession acceptable to God at that moment in time?

 If not what can he do or where can Joe go to repent?
“For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you”.
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Joe’s civil partner is an unbeliever and is sceptical of Catholicism and believes that many are hypocrites “the majority use contraception which is a mortal sin etc” But she has no objection to her children been brought up as Catholics, but would not be prepared to live the single life and why should she.
Joe lives in a small house with two bedrooms he has a low income his partner suffers from a debilitating illness and cannot work, he is a good father and compensates for her lack of energy in bringing up his two young children one of them will soon be school age.

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