It
shines so that you can find your way into the presence of the God Who
is Love and experience your special share of that love in the form of
forgiveness.
Lent
2010 Every Parish & Chapel in the Archdiocese of Boston Wednesdays from 6:30-8:00pm
(Feb 24; March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31) You are invited. Please come and experience Christ's healing love.
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down to the bottom of this page for links to guides to make a good
confession, examinations of conscience, as well as much other information.
THE GIFT OF FORGIVING LOVE
THE LIGHT IS ON FOR YOU
Love is not a “hard pill to swallow” and it sure has the effect
of making you feel much better about life. That’s precisely why “God
the Father of mercies has sent His Spirit among us for the forgiveness of
sins.”
Once again the light will be on for you next Wednesday evening from 6:30-8:00
P.M.
The Lord is eager to offer you His love in the form of forgiveness. All
you have to do is make the decision to open your heart to that forgiving
love and set aside some time on Wednesday evening for receiving the sacrament
of Penance. It is really love. It is really free. The only cost to you is
time enough to say you are sorry. The Lord will be waiting to share His
love. He really hopes you can stop by to receive it – especially if
it has been a long time.
We have just two (2) more Wednesday evenings for this special opportunity
to reach out for and receive the healing mercy of Jesus in the sacrament
of Penance. Please do not wait until the last week if you can avoid that.
We want everyone who comes to have all the time they need to experience
the loving mercy that Jesus purchased for them at such a high price.
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH - ARTICLE 4
THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from
God's mercy for the offense committed against him, and are, at the same
time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins
and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their conversion."
It is called the sacrament of conversion because
it makes sacramentally present Jesus' call to conversion, the first
step in returning to the Father from whom one has strayed by sin.
It is called the sacrament of Penance, since
it consecrates the Christian sinner's personal and ecclesial steps of
conversion, penance, and satisfaction.
It is called the sacrament of confession,
since the disclosure or confession of sins to a priest is an essential
element of this sacrament. In a profound sense it is also a "confession"
- acknowledgment and praise - of the holiness of God and of his mercy
toward sinful man.
It is called the sacrament of forgiveness,
since by the priest's sacramental absolution God grants the penitent
"pardon and peace."
It is called the sacrament of Reconciliation,
because it imparts to the sinner the live of God who reconciles: "Be
reconciled to God." He who lives by God's merciful love is ready
to respond to the Lord's call: "Go; first be reconciled to your
brother."
The Light is On for YOU