The Prayer of Absolution Will Change for US Catholics in 2023. Here’s How
The Sacrament of Penance, also called reconciliation or confession, is the means through which God grants pardon for sins.
Results from Tag: 'confession'
Don’t Weaponize the Eucharist Against Yourself — Go to Confession
The Holy Eucharist is indeed a ‘healing remedy’ for those in the state of grace — but for anyone conscious of mortal sin, divine mercy must first be sought in the confessional.
Second Sunday of Easter — Divine Mercy Sunday
Divine Mercy receives its ultimate expression in the seven sacraments
St. Catherine of Genoa: Get Thee to a Confessional
We can honor St. Catherine, and her life of heroic virtue, by learning from her holy example and going to Confession before Easter.
The 10th Station of the Cross and St. Damien’s Brag
“If the sick person is too ashamed to show his wound to the doctor,” said St. Jerome, “the medicine cannot heal what it does not know.”
From a Sudden and Unprovided Death, Deliver Us
How does the Church particularly help us make provision for death?
There Is Still Time to Receive a Plenary Indulgence During Lent
A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ, Mary, and all the saints to remove the temporal punishment due to sin.
Truth From the Heart of a Child: ‘Confession Is a Beautiful Sacrament’
“By receiving more frequently through this sacrament the gift of the Father’s mercy, we are spurred to be merciful as he is merciful.” (CCC 1458)
Pope Francis Says the Priest Should Guide the Penitent to Holiness in Confession
The Holy Father addressed about 800 priests and seminarians March 25 at the end of an annual course on the seal of confession and the internal forum.
The Martyrs of the Sacrament of Confession
COMMENTARY: While there is always a natural revulsion to the killing of the innocent, there is also from a sacramental view something quite glorious about Dominican Father Giuse Tran Ngoc Thanh’s death.
