Flower of Devotion

In the apparitions of St. Mechtilde we read:

“If anyone who willingly goes to confession is afraid that he has not confessed well, and yet finds nothing in his conscience that he has not confessed, let him make a confession of glory to God out of fear of his Lord God. And if he finds that he has neglected anything, let him confess it before God. Thus he will glorify the Godhead, while he will find himself guilty: for not showing the Lord the honor he deserves; that he has defiled the image of God in his own person by burdening his memory with useless earthly things; that his intellect was inclined by curiosity to earthly wisdom; and that he sought amusement in things that were transient and worthless.
And while praising the eyes of God’s brightness, let him accuse himself of directing the doctrine of God and the discernment of his senses to earthliness. In the same way, when he praises the ears of his mercy, let him confess his fault that he has never given his attention to the Word of God as he ought to have. That he did not incline his ear to the petitions of his neighbor. And with his mouth he often sinned by complaining, by vain and useless conversation. And by shutting his mouth when he was about to speak words and teachings to the glory of God; when he was about to pray or sing devoutly.
Let him also consider that he often threw off the yoke which he took upon himself at Baptism out of impatience when he did not want to endure it, or that he was reluctant to endure the adversities that befell him. And when he considers how inhumanly Jesus was scourged, let him acknowledge his fault in it, for he did not discipline his body, but often consented to its laziness, and fed it abundantly. He was also guilty of his heart, for he did not love God with all his soul, and he did not occupy himself with the contemplation of God’s law, but with useless worldly thoughts. He also sinned with his hands, by committing evil deeds and neglecting good works, namely, ordinary works of mercy and charity. Also his spiritual feet, that is, the movement of his heart and his will, he led to evil, because he turned them away from God, and did not yearn with all his heart for Him and for heavenly things.