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Lesson 11

The Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation

The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation gives Christians a way back to relationship with God when they stray from the narrow path.

Catechism Connections

Lesson Topics
Reconciliation
Essential Lessons

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Lesson Vocabulary

  • Conversion
    :
    (n.): A radical reorientation of one’s whole life away from sin and evil and toward God.
  • Redemption
    :
    (n.): The act of reclaiming someone or something in exchange for payment of a debt. Jesus won our redemption from sin by His Death and Resurrection, paying the price for our sins with His life.
  • Penitent
    :
    (n.): One who approaches the Lord with contrition for sins in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.
  • Penance
    :
    (n.): A prayer, good work, or other act assigned by the priest in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation in order to make satisfaction for sins and turn the penitent back to the habits of discipleship.
  • Absolution
    :
    (n.): Forgiveness of a person’s sins by a priest acting in the Person of Christ.
  • Satisfaction
    :
    (n.): The repair or restoration of what has been broken. In the Sacrament of Confession, the two parts of satisfaction are prayer and penance.
  • Act of Contrition
    :
    (n.): Prayer in which we express sorrow for our sins out of love for God, as well as our commitment not to sin again.
  • Contrition
    :
    (n.): Sorrow of the soul and detestation of sin together with the resolution not to sin again. Contrition motivated by love for God is called perfect contrition. When it is motivated by fear of punishment, it is called imperfect contrition.
  • Temptation
    :
    (n.): An attraction, either from outside oneself or from within, to act contrary to right reason and the Commandments of God.
  • In Persona Christi
    :
    (adv.): The Latin phrase describing how bishops and priests are ordained to act “in the person of Christ the head” when they perform their priestly functions. Priests do not preach, sanctify, and govern by their own authority but by the authority given them by Christ, the head of the Church, to act in His person.
  • Seal of Confession
    :
    (n.): The sacred obligation binding the priest never to reveal what he has heard in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.

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