Sacrament of penance

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What is the purpose of the sacrament? Contents show 1. What is the purpose of the sacrament? 2. Who can administer this sacrament? 3. What are the effects of this sacrament? 4. What does one do in confession? 5. What is the form and matter of this sacrament? 6. What is the sacramental seal of … Penance and Reconciliation (Confession) Read

One doesn’t usually go to the St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica for advice on emotional matters. But for the feast of St. Thomas we shall indeed go there to seek advice on sorrow and consider some of St. Thomas’ remedies for it. (His advice is contained primarily in the Prima Secundae questions 35 – 37.) … Continue reading "Five Remedies for Sorrow from St. Thomas Aquinas"

I have been wondering what it must be like for a nun, committed to regular prayer in her choir stall, on those days when she just doesn't want to show up. Surely there are such days. Being made of the same flesh as every other human being, certainly nuns and monks face times when they feel low, under the weather, distracted, or just not in the mood to pray right now. Like the rest of us, they can sometimes feel dry; disconnected. "It's encouraging that even this imperfect, distracted…

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Theory and practice of the confessional by Caspar Erich Schieler, Richard Frederick Clarke 6. Of the Remote Matter of the Sacrament of Penance in Particular. The remote matter of this Sacrament are, as we have already seen, the sins committed after Baptism. Those committed before Baptism are forgiven entirely in Baptism, wherefore they are not, properly speaking, subject to the Sacrament of Penance. Again, a man is not under the Church's jurisdiction till he is baptized, and this Sacrament…

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Reconciliation Primary prepares children and their families for the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.

Thought for the Day – 23 February – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) The Sacrament of Penance “We should confess our sins humbly and sincerely.We are obliged to confess at least …

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Pope Benedict XVI ordains a bishop on on September 29, 2007.