History of Reconciliation
How often should you celebrate Reconciliation
Once a month or more often if you feel you need to
What does reconciliation mean?
Sorry, Mercy, Being Repent
Admitting to having done something wrong is an act of confessing our sins to a priest in the sacrament of reconciliation.
Step 4
Confess my sin to the Priest
What are the 2 signs for reconciliation
Words of absolution and laying of the hands by priest.
What is the Sacramental Sigil?
A priest's duty is to keep secret everything that he hears from anyone during the sacrament of Reconciliation.
What is temptation?
What is reconciliation often also called
Confession or penance
Step 2
Feel heartfelt repentance for the sins committed.
What is Penanace?
Prayer or a good deed that the priest asks us to do after celebrating the sacrament of reconciliation.
What can we use to do a good examination of conscience?
The Ten Commandments
Is reconciliation the most important sacrament
No Eucharist is because Eucharist is thanking and bringing us closer to God
What are the other names does the sacrament of reconciliation have?)
Confession, penance and reconciliation
Step 1
Examination of Conscience, knowing my sins.
What do we call what helps you differentiate and decide what is good form what is bad?
Conscience
Why do we confess to a priest who also has sins like the rest of us?
In the Bible, the gospel of John 2023, Jesus grants his disciples and his successors the power to forgive or withhold sins.
THe feeling of regret and having the desire to change is?
Contrition or the pain of having sinned
Is reconciliation is one of the three sacraments that can we done multiple times (bonus points for all of them)
True Eucharist and Anointing of the sick are the other
Step 5
Accept and fulfill penance.
What is sin?
A thought, an omission, or an action that offends GOD, others and myself.
Why is it reconciliation an act of humanity?
We demonstrate our repentance, because God already knows our sins.
Why do we confess to a priest instead of directly to God through prayer
It is the method that Jesus established when he was alive
How many steps to a GOOD Confession?
5
Step 3
Have a purpose of admenment, make a firm decision to NOT sin more.
What are the 2 types of sin???
DOuble points of you explain the 3 types of sin.
VEnial... brakes our relationship with GOD oe with others, but is less serious that a mortal sin
MOrtal sin.. separates us completely form GOD, his love and his grace.