RECONCILIATION

PURPOSE OF THE TWO

SACRAMENTS OF HEALING,
PENANCE AND
ANOINTING OF THE SICK:
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
HAS WILLED THAT HIS
CHURCH CONTINUE
HIS WORK OF HEALING
AND SALVATION
EVEN AMONG HER OWN
MEMBERS.

Peace be with you; as

the Father has sent
Me, so am I sending
you. Receive the Holy
Spirit. For those whose
sins you forgive, they
are forgiven; for those
whose sins you retain,
they are retained.
(Jn 20:21-23)

His call is
METANOIA:
to change ones life
and ones heart
we slowly usher in
experience of Gods
Kingdom

SACRAMENT OF
CONVERSION
BECAUSE IT MAKES
SACRAMENTALLY PRESENT,
THE CALL OF JESUS
TO CONVERSION,
THE FIRST STEP IN
RETURNING TO THE FATHER
FROM WHOM ONE HAS
STRAYED FROM SIN

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
SINCE IT CONSECRATES
THE CHRISTIAN SINNERS
PERSONAL AND ECCLESIAL
STEPS OF CONVERSION,
PENANCE AND,
SATISFACTION

SACRAMENT OF
CONFESSION
THE DISCLOSURE
OR CONFESSION OF SIN
IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT
OF THIS SACRAMENT
AS CONFESSION,
IT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
AND PRAISE OF THE
HOLINESS OF GOD AND
OF HIS MERCY TOWARDS
SINFUL MAN

SACRAMENT OF FORGIVENESS
SINCE BY THE PRIESTS
SACRAMENTAL ABSOLUTION
GOD GRANTS THE PENITENT
PARDON AND PEACE.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
SINCE IT IMPARTS TO THE SINNER
THE LOVE OF GOD WHO RECONCILES

THE NEW LIFE

RECEIVED IN CHRISTIAN
INITIATION
HAS NOT ABOLISHED
THE FRAILTY AND WEAKNESS
OF HUMAN NATURE
NOR THE INCLINATION TO SIN
CALLED BY THE CHURCH AS
CONCUPISCENCE
HENCE THERE IS A NEED FOR
CONTINUOUS CONVERSION
THROUGH
THE SACRAMENT OF
RECONCILIATION

Three forms:
1. RECONCILIATION OF
INDIVIDUAL
PENITENTS/PRIVATE
2. RITE FOR RECONCILIATION
OF SEVERAL PENITENTS W/
INDIVIDUAL CONFESSION
AND ABSOLUTION/
COMMUNAL PENANCE
3. RECONCILIATION OF
PENITENTS W/ GENERAL
ABSOLUTION

FORM AND MATTER:

MATTER: penitent & confessor that
enter into dialogue
FORM: PRAYER OF ABSOLUTION (God,
the Father of mercies, through death
and resurrection of His Son, has
reconciled the world to Himself and
sent Holy Spirit among us for the
forgiveness of sins; through the
ministry of the Church, may God give
you pardon and peace and I absolve
you from your sins in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy
spirit.) penitent responds w/ Amen

ACTS OF THE PENITENT

CONTRITION
THE SORROW AND DETESTATION
OF THE SOUL
FOR THE SIN COMMITTED
TOGETHER
WITH THE RESOLUTION
NOT TO COMMIT SIN AGAIN

CONFESSION OF SINS
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

SATISFACTION
ONE MUST DO WHAT IS POSSIBLE
TO REPAIR THE HARM.
RAISED UP FROM SIN,
ONE MUST STILL RECOVER HIS
FULL SPIRITUAL HEALTH
BY DOING SOMETHING MORE TO
MAKE AMENDS FOR THE SIN:
HE MUST MAKE SATIFACTION FOR
OR EXPIATE HIS SINS.
THIS SATISFACTION IS ALSO CALLED
PENANCE.

MINISTER OF THIS
SACRAMENT
THE BISHOPS,
WITH THE PRIEST
AS THEIR
COLLABORATOR
BY VIRTUE OF THEIR
ORDINATION
HAVE THE POWER TO
FORGIVE ALL SINS
IN THE NAME OF THE
FATHER, AND OF THE
SON, AND OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT.

EFFECT OF THIS SACRAMENT

Reconciliation with God and

with the Church
Recovery of the state of
grace
Forgiveness of sins
Remission of eternal
punishment and part of
temporal punishment
Peace, serenity of
conscience, spiritual
consolation
Increase of spiritual
strength for the struggle

RECONCILIATION
WITH THE CHURCH
THE SACRAMENT OF PANANCE
REPAIRS OR RESTORES
OUR FRATERNAL COMMUNION
THE SINNER IS MADE STRONGER
BY THE EXCHANGE
OF SPRITUAL GOODS
AMONG ALL THE LIVING MEMBERS
OF THE CHURCH