These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.

Wash yourselves clean! Cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow. Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; Though they be crimson red, they may become white as wool. (Is 1:10, 16-20)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031522.cfm
Normally, when we confess our sins, we rarely include failing to do the works of justice. But it precisely the works of justice . . . that are the way of salvation.