Results from Tag: 'sacrament of penance'
Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday Collide: When Cupid Meets Lent
There’s nothing romantic about Ash Wednesday — or is there? Catholic couples share their thoughts as we celebrate World Day of Marriage!
Gospel Meditation: Do We Know We Need Healing?
User’s Guide to the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Easter, Sacramental Mercy and the Eucharistic Revival
COMMENTARY: As we enter more deeply into the Eucharistic Revival, it’s important to grow in our awareness of the connection between the Eucharist and reconciliation, between devotion to Jesus’ sacramental self-giving and his sacramental mercy.
‘I Am Heartily Sorry’: 2 Holy Habits to Prepare Children for First (and Regular) Reconciliation
SACRAMENTAL LIVING: RECONCILIATION
Getting the Order of Treatment Right in the ‘Field Hospital’ of the Catholic Church
COMMENTARY: As the hymn ‘There Is a Balm in Gilead’ reminds us, we are in need of not only acceptance, but healing.
Catholics, Are You Going to Confession? Watch for These Changes
The new language for the priest’s absolution is allowed as of Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. Priests must use the new language starting on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 16, the first Sunday after Easter 2023.
Does the Catholic Church Need a New ‘Framework’ for Sexual Sin? This Moral Theologian Says No
In recent weeks, Cardinal Robert McElroy has argued that the Church’s pastoral practice needs to be reformed to be less ‘exclusionary’; Father Thomas Berg, a moral theologian at St. Joseph Seminary, says the Church is already well-equipped to provide pastoral accompaniment to those struggling with sexual sin.
Encouraging Men Along the ‘Road to Purity’
Recovering addict Dann Aungst helps people overcome sex addiction and live chastely.
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.
