Perfect happiness comes from loving God and being loved by Him; other things that bring happiness in this life are foretastes of the love of God in Heaven.
Our intellect, will, and emotions can work together to help us make good decisions and to inform and follow our conscience.
Conscience is God’s voice in our hearts, which helps us to choose the good. Our conscience is not the source of moral law but must be well formed by Christ’s teaching.
God rejoices when we return to Him in Confession.
When we confess our sins to a priest, we are going to God directly.
The matter, form, minister, recipient, effects, and symbols of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.
The Parable of the Prodigal Son helps us understand God’s infinite mercy.
Jesus established the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick so that we might be healed and strengthened, not only of our physical afflictions, but also of our spiritual sins.
The action of love itself, our highest calling as children of God redeemed by Christ, is freely choosing the good of another. Love—by its very definition—cannot be forced.
Jesus told His disciples that He would always be with them, and that we must be humble and open to the Holy Spirit.
Adam and Eve disobeyed God. This was a bad choice.
