Jesus Reconciles us with the Father

• Sins separate us from God
• Ministers

  • Pope (because he is the Bishop of Rome)
  • Bishops/Priests
• Reconciliation

  1. Confession

  2. Penance
• God forgives us; we ought to love rather than fear; at least once a year, usually during Easter season (used to be called Easter Duty) or whenever we are conscious & guilty of serious sin
• Confessing Sins
• Express our sorrow
• Contrition is the state of feeling remorseful & penitent
• Types of sin

  • Mortal Sin
  • Venial Sin
• Reconciliation forgives ALL mortal sins committed & any venial sins which we may have done & for which we are truly sorry are forgiven
• venial sins must not be taken for granted that although they cannot add up to constitute a mortal sin their accumulation might lead us to become vulnerable to
• Speaker: '"I forgive you of all your sins in the name of the Father, & of the Son, & of the Holy Spirit"'
• Actions for Reconciliation

  1. Confessing sins

  2. Expressing contrition

  3. Proposing amendment
• Restoration of Sanctifying Grace - Reconciliation reunites the soul to God & restores sanctifying grace, hence, all sins disappear from the soul w/ the coming of this grace
• 2 Types of Sins

  • Mortal Sin
  • Venial Sin
• Reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation

  1. Contrition

  2. Confession

  3. Act of Penance

  4. Absolution
• Recall


  After examining our conscience, we confess previously unconfessed sins; entirely private; takes place in Confessional
• Act of Penance

  The priest-confessor proposes certain actions (penance) for us to perform; saying certain prayers &/or some other fitting actions
• Absolution


  After accepting act of penance, the priest, by authority that the Church gives, absolves us by granting us God’s pardon for all the sins we have committed
• Contrition

  Another word for repentance
• Penance


  Helps us to overcome our faults, & the harm our sins have caused to others
• Temporal Punishments due to sin

  The debt of satisfaction which we owe to God for our sins even after the sins themselves have been forgiven
• Reconciliation

  Not only forgives our mortal sins; it also restores to us the merits which we had so willfully cast away
• Reconciliation

  Gives us the right to whatever actual graces we may need, & as we need them, in order that we may make atonement for our past sins & may conquer our future temptations
• Anointing of the Sick


  Jesus helps people who are ill; praying for the healing of the loved ones
• Signs & Symbols

  • Oil of anointing
• Ministers

  • Bishops
  • Priests
  • Pope
• MY FAITH WORDS

  • Confessional - an enclosed stall in a church divided by a screen/curtain in which a priest sits to hear people confess their sins
  • Remission - forgiveness of sins
  • Sacramental Grace - the grace conferred by the valid & fruitful reception of sacraments