The faults and failures that weigh on me are as many as the days of my life; in fact, they are many more because even a righteous person falls seven times in a day (Proverbs 24:16). If a righteous person falls seven times in a day, I believe that I, hopeless and unrighteous, have fallen seventy times seven times in a day. --Blessed Johann Gerhard, *Meditations on Divine Mercy* p. 34
No "I believe" necessary here; just a hard-nosed, honest look at my day *shows* me a lot more sins than seventy times seven.
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