The Importance Of Penitence

When you realize that you have erred
Then the time has come
For you to divest yourself,
Getting rid of the excess baggage
Generated by your recent past,
You may kneel at the alter
Of Forgiveness
Gazing wondrously into
The eyes of the Priest
Convincing him that now
You surely are on the
Path Of Righteousness
For your own sake,
Or you may walk barefoot
On broken glass,
Does Faith have anything
To do with this?