Is it wrong to share our inner lives? what is the motive for those of us who choose to write or speak about our (often sordid) stories?

God's Everlasting Sense of Humor: when the confessor gives a penance that grates against your rarefied sensibilities.

"The Rosary of Our Lady," by Romano Guardini

"I Burned for Your Peace: Augustine's Confessions Unpacked," by Peter Kreeft

The Divine Mercy Novena and Chaplet, under duress or not.

Down on your knees!

THUMBNAIL IMAGE: "AUGUSTINIAN SAINT," PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA, c. 1460