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Lesson 4

The Story of Confession: Matter, Form, and Minister

The matter, form, minister, recipient, effects, and symbols of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.

Lesson Vocabulary

  • Contrition
    :
    Sorrow. We must be truly sorry for our sins in order to be forgiven in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. The priest will ask us to pray an act of contrition after we confess our sins as sign of our sorrow.
  • Penance
    :
    An outward sign of expressing sorrow for our sins. In the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the priest will give an act of penance to make up for our confessed sins, such as a prayer to say. (1491, 1494)
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