lead to greater moral failures. Frequent confession and acts of penance help to heal the soul and prevent venial sins from leading to spiritual complacency. Regardless of the degree of sin, God’s mercy is always available, inviting us to ongoing conversion and deeper holiness through prayer, re...
guide for the faithful in doing an examination of conscience to prepare for confession. In the attempt to help a penitent make a good confession, a priest confessor might guide him through the Ten Commandments, asking if he’s violated each one while naming the grave sins associated with each...
Shrive means “to impose penance on (a sinner)” or “to grant absolution to (a penitent).” It also means “to hear the confession” of a person if you’re a priest, and to “confess one’s sins” if you’re someone going to the priest. In short, shrive is all about talking ...
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. The central tenet of the ...
sincere prayer. David’s plea, “Create in me a clean heart, O God” (Psalm 51:10), follows the confession of his wrongdoing. In a similar vein,1 John 1:9promises, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness...
The most essential words of absolution are: “I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Rite of Penance, 19). Although the fuller prayer (“God the Father of mercies . . .”) should be used in most cases, it is not essentia...
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives" (1 John 1:8-10). What Is Sin - A Call to Repentance...
What does it mean to confess sins and repent? First, confession means to agree with God. He already knows you’ve sinned, so you might as well be honest! “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” (1 Joh...
Christ—on our behalf. Therefore, it remains only for us—free moral agents that we are—to admit our sins and to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior. Romans 10:10 says, "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto ...
To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience. Every tongue shall confess to God. 2 Repent To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love. 2 Confess To admit to the truth, particularly in the contex...