In this second edition of her profound work on the sacrament of Confession, which theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar calls -one of her most central works-, the mystic von Speyr discusses the moral and practical aspects of the sacrament in great depth. Some of the many areas covered include conversion, scruples, contrition, spiritual direction, laxity, frequency of confession, the confessions of religious and lay people, even the confessions of saints. This is one of the most complete spiritual treatises ever written on confession.

The new element in von Speyr's understanding of...