Return To Me: Sacrament of Penance & Reconciliation - 03/27/2006 (St. Michael Catholic Church) - daily?weekly?monthly?yearly? - Canon Law: at least yearly - Real life: every 2-3 week. Gospel of John - “Peace be with you!” 1.To get rid shame and guilt Shame is not a bad thing » reminds us of what we feels bad for Guilt is not a bad thing » it is our understanding of the loss of grace 2.Create the intimacy »intimate friendship with God that was cut back »intimate friendship with other human »God will recreate intimacy with you multiple times »State of grace & State of mortal sin -state of grace -> when baptized -state of mortal sin -> HELL!! »DON'T SHOOT FOR PURGATORY! Shoot for HEAVEN! Bad Confession= 1.You have Mortal sin 2.You know that you have 3.You know that you have to confess 4.And you left it out So make a good confession! How? 1.Tell the detail

CCC 1452-1457 Contrition 1452 When it arises from a love by which God is loved above all else, contrition is called "perfect" (contrition of charity). Such contrition remits venial sins; it also obtains forgiveness of mortal sins if it includes the firm resolution to have recourse to sacramental confession as soon as possible. 1453 The contrition called "imperfect" (or "attrition") is also a gift of God, a prompting of the Holy Spirit. It is born of the consideration of sin's ugliness or the fear of eternal damnation and the other penalties threatening the sinner (contrition of fear). Such a stirring of conscience can initiate an interior process which, under the prompting of grace, will be brought to completion by sacramental absolution. By itself however, imperfect contrition cannot obtain the forgiveness of grave sins, but it disposes one to obtain forgiveness in the sacrament of Penance. 1454 The reception of this sacrament ought to be prepared for by an examination of conscience made in the light of the Word of God. The passages best suited to this can be found in the Ten Commandments, the moral catechesis of the Gospels and the apostolic Letters, such as the Sermon on the Mount and the apostolic teachings. The confession of sins 1455 The confession (or disclosure) of sins, even from a simply human point of view, frees us and facilitates our reconciliation with others. Through such an admission man looks squarely at the sins he is guilty of, takes responsibility for them, and thereby opens himself again to God and to the communion of the Church in order to make a new future possible. 1456 Confession to a priest is an essential part of the sacrament of Penance: "All mortal sins of which penitents after a diligent self-examination are conscious must be recounted by them in confession, even if they are most secret and have been committed against the last two precepts of the Decalogue; for these sins sometimes wound the soul more grievously and are more dangerous than those which are committed openly." When Christ's faithful strive to confess all the sins that they can remember, they undoubtedly place all of them before the divine mercy for pardon. But those who fail to do so and knowingly withhold some, place nothing before the divine goodness for remission through the mediation of the priest, "for if the sick person is too ashamed to show his wound to the doctor, the medicine cannot heal what it does not know." 1457 According to the Church's command, "after having attained the age of discretion, each of the faithful is bound by an obligation faithfully to confess serious sins at least once a year." Anyone who is aware of having committed a mortal sin must not receive Holy Communion, even if he experiences deep contrition, without having first received sacramental absolution, unless he has a grave reason for receiving Communion and there is no possibility of going to confession. Children must go to the sacrament of Penance before receiving Holy Communion for the first time.

»Don't go to mass when you are in the state of mortal sin 2.Contrition-act of sorrow 3.It is the best medicine! “Be not afraid!” - Pope John Paul II Feel the genuine love of GOD & be not afraid!