Sacrament of Penance:
A Sacrament of Healing!
“In this wonderful sacrament Our Lord cleanses your soul and fills you with joy and strength to prevent you from giving up the fight, and to help you keep returning to God unwearied, when everything seems black." (St .Josemaria Escriva, Friends of God , 214.)
The sacrament of reconciliation calls us back into the arms of our Heavenly Father. No matter how far from God we have strayed, or how long it has been, Our Lord lovingly and patiently waits for us, longing to pour out his mercy upon us.
"If your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow." (Isaiah 1:18)
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Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from the mercy of God for the offence committed against Him and are at the same time reconciled with the Church, which they have wounded by their sins, and which by charity, example, and prayer seeks their conversion.
(Lumen Gentium, 11)
