Jesus entrusted the ministry of reconciliation to the Church. The Sacrament of Penance is God's gift to us so that any sin committed after Baptism can be forgiven. In confession we have the opportunity to repent and recover the grace of friendship with God.

The penitent should prepare for the celebration of the sacrament by prayer, reading of Scripture, and silent reflection. The penitent should think over and should regret all sins since the last celebration of the sacrament. 1. RECEPTION OF THE …

Reconciliation with the Church is inseparable from reconciliation with God. The sacrament of forgiveness. 1446 Christ instituted the sacrament of Penance for all sinful members of his Church: above all for those who, since Baptism, have fallen into grave sin, and have thus lost their baptismal grace and wounded ecclesial communion.

The Sacrament of Penance [a] (also commonly called the Sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession) is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church (known in Eastern Christianity as sacred mysteries), in which the faithful are absolved from sins committed after baptism and reconciled with the Christian community.

4 天之前 · 1446 Christ instituted the sacrament of Penance for all sinful members of his Church: above all for those who, since Baptism, have fallen into grave sin, and have thus lost their baptismal...

Rather, the sacrament of Penance is Christ's gift to the Church to ensure the forgiveness he so generously extends will be made available to every member of the Church. Once again, we cite the words of our Holy Father in highlighting the connection between Christ, his Church and the sacrament of Penance:

These Guidelines will refer to the sacrament as the sacrament of Penance in order to be in agreement with the terminology used in the 1991 publication, “The Rites of the Catholic Church,” approved for use in the dioceses of the United States by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and confirmed by the Apostolic See.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church lists five names for the sacrament: the Sacrament of Penance, the Sacrament of Confession, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the Sacrament of Forgiveness, and the Sacrament of Conversion. The Sacrament of Penance is a work of od’s infinite mercy, which He desires to lavish upon all of us, but won’t force ...

In rediscovering Him who is the origin and end of our life we experience the most beautiful fruit of mercy in the Sacrament of Penance. In this spirit the desire here is to offer some reflections on the Ordo Paenitentiae, focusing above all on some theological-liturgical aspects and then, more broadly, on the celebrative dynamic of the rite itself.

1491 The sacrament of Penance is a whole consisting in three actions of the penitent and the priest's absolution. The penitent's acts are repentance, confession or disclosure of sins to the...