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Reconciliation<\/h1>\n

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Healing our spiritual wounds
<\/strong>The Sacrament of Reconciliation is for our spiritual healing. According to the Gospels, after the Resurrection, Jesus appeared to the apostles, breathed on them, and said, \u201cReceive the Holy Spirit whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.\u201d (John 20:22-23) The reason for this sacrament is to heal our spiritual wounds, which we call sin.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Lord forgives all who repent, if their repentance leads to the unity of God and to the council of the bishop. I have faith in the grace of Jesus Christ; and He will remove from you every chain.\u201d<\/strong>
\u2013 Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Philadelphians, 210 AD.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Penance is an experience of the gift of God\u2019s boundless mercy<\/h2>\n

Not only does it [the Sacrament of Penance] free us from our sins but it also challenges us to have the same kind of compassion and forgiveness for those who sin against us.\u00a0 We are liberated to be forgivers.\u00a0 We obtain new insight into the words of the Prayer of St. Francis: \u201cIt is in pardoning that we are pardoned.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jesus entrusted the ministry of reconciliation to the Church.\u00a0 The Sacrament of Penance is God\u2019s gift to us so that any sin committed after Baptism can be forgiven.\u00a0 In confession we have the opportunity to repent and recover the grace of friendship with God. It is a holy moment in which we place ourselves in his presence and honestly acknowledge our sins, especially mortal sins.\u00a0 With absolution, we are reconciled to God and the Church. The Sacrament helps us stay close to the truth that we cannot live without God. \u201cIn him we live and move and have our being\u201d (Acts 17:28).<\/p>\n

~from the\u00a0United States Catholic Catechism for Adults<\/em><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n

Link to USCCB for more information
https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/prayer-and-worship\/sacraments-and-sacramentals\/penance<\/a><\/p>\n

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For more information on Reconciliation, please reach out to Ken Cummins at the parish office, (502) 491-8535 xt 128<\/p>\n

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Questions about Reconciliation<\/h2>\n

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  • Children are prepared to receive in the fall of their 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>grade year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Tuesdays from 6-6:30pm.\u00a0 Please call the office at 502-491-8535 if you would like to arrange a private Confession with one of our priests.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    • We start by examining our conscience. A good way to do this is to review the Ten Commandments and identify those that we have broken. And we must have perfect contrition for these sins; in other words, be truly sorry for them and be resolved to not repeat them.<\/li>\n
    • We enter the confessional and greet the priest. We say, \u201cBless me Father for I have sinned, it has been (state how long<\/em>) since my last confession.\u201d<\/li>\n
    • We confess all our mortal or serious sins and answer any questions from the priest.<\/li>\n
    • When we have finished confessing we say an Act of Contrition, such as:\u00a0<\/span>\u201cOh my God, I am very sorry for having offended You. I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and fear the pain of hell, but most of all, because I have offended You, my God, Who are all good and deserving of my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin. Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n
    • The priest will say the prayer of Absolution and give us a penance to do.<\/li>\n
    • We then leave and immediately perform the penance given to us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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