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XII. We Believe in the Seven Sacraments of the Church

    4.  Sacraments of Healing

     i.   Penance and Reconciliation

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To acknowledge oneself as a sinner is a fundamental religious attitude. In the Old Testament, the worship of God and praise for His blessings were inseparable from the confession of sins. As for Christ, He was the one who would come and call sinners to penitence.

Matt. 9:13; 1Tim1:95

I say to you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that does penance, than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance.

Luke 15:7

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I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins    www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p123a10.htm#I

The Sarcrament of Penance and Reconciliation

www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p2s2c2a4.htm

www.cin.org/users/james/ebooks/master/baltimore/bsacr-p.htm

www.newadvent.org/cathen/11618c.htm

Confession: Is it Biblical?    http://matt1618.freeyellow.com/confess.html

Confession of Sins: A Divine Institution    www.therealpresence.org/archives/Sin/Sin_008.htm

Reconciliation (Biblical References)    www.scripturecatholic.com/confession.html

                                                                             www.catholicapologetics.org/ap060300.htm

                                                                             http://matt1618.freeyellow.com/fathersconfess.html

Sacrament of Penance in the Early Church    www.catholic.com/library/confession.asp

                                                                                             www.ewtn.com/library/DOCTRINE/PENANC.TXT

Sacrament of Penance (Fathers of the Church)    www.cin.org/users/jgallegos/confess.htm

God continually calls man to repentance    www.catholiclinks.org/sacramentodelperdenl090600.htm

Confession and Salvation    www.catholicdoors.com/faq/qu51.htm

Forgiveness of Sins    www.therealpresence.org/archives/Sin/Sin_003.htm

Sin and the Sacrament of Penance    http://matt1618.freeyellow.com/chapter12.html

Reconciliation: An Experience of Forgiveness

www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/YU/ay0199.asp

The Sacrament of Reconciliation:Celebrating God's Forgiveness

www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac0386.asp

Reconciliation - a Sacrament of Healing    www.miraclerosarymission.org/wag4.htm

Healing Through Forgiveness    www.cwo.com/~pentrack/catholic/healforgive.html

Penance, The Sacrament of Forgiveness and Peace    www.therealpresence.org/chapel/penance.htm

The Soul Restored to the Friendship of God    www.catholicdoors.com/teaching/book2/2-7.htm

Ten Commandments for the Scrupulous    http://mission.liguori.org/newsletters/scrupulosity.htm

Why do we have to go to confession to receive God's forgiveness?

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/apologetics/ap0150.html

Why should I confess my sins to a priest when I can pray straight

to God and ask for forgiveness?    www.transporter.com/catholicism/confession.htm

The Forgiveness of Sins    www.catholic.com/library/Forgiveness_of_Sins.asp

Confession    www.cin.org/users/james/ebooks/master/baltimore/bsacr-p.htm#Lesson19

                             www.cin.org/users/jgallegos/confess.htm

Prayers for the Sacrament of Reconciliation     www.catholic-forum.com/saints/index017.htm

Brushing Up On Confession    http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0267.html

Choosing a Good Confessor    www.therealpresence.org/archives/Sin/Sin_007.htm

Confessional Privacy    www.catholicdoors.com/faq/qu74.htm

The Law of the Seal of Confession    www.newadvent.org/cathen/13649b.htm

How to Go to Confession    http://frpat.com/reconciliation.htm

                                                          www.icubed.com/~rpoe/confess.htm

                                                          www.cin.org/users/james/questions/q128.htm

Examination of Conscience     www.newadvent.org/cathen/05675a.htm

                                                               www.therealpresence.org/archives/Sacraments/Sacraments_005.htm

                                                               http://landru.i-link-2.net/shnyves/examination_of_conscience.htm

                                                               www.carr.org/~meripper/faith/examine.htm

Kinds of Sin    www.cin.org/kc49-3.html

Our Sense of Sin   www.cin.org/kc49-1.html

Overcoming Sin   www.cin.org/kc49-5.html

The Bible And Sin    www.cin.org/kc49-2.html

Bring to Light What was Hidden    www.miraclerosarymission.org/wag2.htm

The Sin of Abortion and the Sacrament of Confession    www.catholicdoors.com/faq/qu70.htm

How to Receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation   www.carr.org/~meripper/faith/reconcil.htm

Confession Must Be Humble, Complete and Accompanied by a

Firm Purpose of Amendment     www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP960322.htm

Repentance - The Conversion of the Heart to God

www.catholicdoors.com/teaching/book1/1-17.htm

Contrition     www.cin.org/users/james/ebooks/master/baltimore/bsacr-p.htm#Lesson18

                           www.newadvent.org/cathen/04337a.htm

Imperfect Contrition (Attrition)    www.newadvent.org/cathen/02065a.htm

The Sacrament of Confession and General Absolution    www.catholicdoors.com/faq/qu27.htm

On General Absolution Paul VI    http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Paul06/p6pastor.htm

Reconciliation and Penance    www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2RECON.htm

Doing Penance    www.cin.org/users/james/files/penance.htm

On the Need for Penance    www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/P6PAEN.htm

Assigned Penance in the Sacrament of Confession

www.therealpresence.org/archives/Sacraments/Sacraments_004.htm

Rediscovering Frequent Confession    http://legion-of-mary-ny.home.att.net/frequent_confession.htm

The Spiritual and Psychological Value of Frequent Confession

www.therealpresence.org/archives/Sin/Sin_010.htm

Annual Reconciliation for “Serious Sin”    www.cin.org/precept7.html

Confession Before Communion    www.rpinet.com/ml/2402bi1.html

First Confession Before First Communion

www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Homiletic/12-96/6/6.html

First Confession: An Historical and Theological Analysis

www.therealpresence.org/archives/Sin/Sin_001.htm

The Problem of First Confession    www.therealpresence.org/archives/Sin/Sin_009.htm

ON-LINE STUDY COURSE:

The Sacrament of Confession    www.catholicdoors.com/courses/confess.htm

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