St Peter Faber is depicted in a 19th Century painting by Pietro Gagliardi. A temptation to believe that we presume too much on God’s mercy dogs the spiritual progress of many Christians, writes Thomas Flowers SJ St Peter Faber (1506-1546) came to see his battle with scruples as an occasion for the mercy of God. As a young man, guilt overwhelmed him. He worried not only over every…
