the “Holy Face Chaplet (of Sobriety/of Recovery)” meditate on the senses and how you abused them.If you are a Twelve-Stepper, this could be useful in your Step Four work. This could also be an Examination of Conscience, either your daily one, or the one done just before Confession....
It is a good practice to go to confession especially before Christmas and Easter. It lightens the load and creates a clean heart to bring to the Presence of the Lord. Our Circular Lives Traditionally, the candles for advent are situated in a circular wreath. I like the image of that. ...
Finding God Through Unity In a world that has become more and more atheistic, agnostic, and secular, the awareness of God should be at the forefront of all evangelistic and missionary efforts. In this fourth episode of a 4 part series on the Catholic teaching of the Transcendentals, we discu...
… For many years, I have had the understanding that only perfect contrition satisfies for the forgiveness of mortal sins in confession, whereas, imperfect contrition (fear of the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell} only satisfies for venial sins, but leaves the soul open to the potential...
Click for Catholic Church Near Me Incensing at Masses Starting in Advent, December 1st, we will be having incensing at the following Weekend Masses: 5pm English Vigil Mass 10am English Mass 12pm Spanish Mass Office Hours Effective August 3, 2024 Parish Office Hours Open to the Public: ...
Moreover, according to the Council of Trent, we must take notice that the repentance necessarily required to make it well, contains two things, a sorrow for our past offences, and a resolution not to commit them any more; so that, wanting one of these two, the disposition for confession ...
“celebrant” or the “priest.” Now it’s true, he is a presider. But that’s an abstraction; and I think there’s an agenda behind the abstraction. You see, all the Sacraments need someone who presides: at Confirmation, at the Eucharist, at Confession – and at Baptism. And who ...
We take this opportunity to help the short memory of the Pope so he can make some very specific confession of sin.When Bill Clinton made his comment about Adolf Hitler being a lousy Christian, and God not blessing him, Clinton was touching a very very tender spot in the Roman Catholic ...
(according to their report) the one giving the address came into the church crying something along the lines of “Pay your money and get your sins forgiven”. They were then taught that sins are only forgiven through confession and repentance. Of course. That is what the Catholic Church ...
How to Make a Perfect and Holy Confession A Reflection on the Legacy of a Steward: All Except the Children Salus Animarum - what ever became of the notion of the “Salvation of Souls”? Catholic Prayers in Latin Only The Face of the Church 60 years after Vatican II Personal Sanctity: all...