The Sacrament of Penance Or Confession

The Sacrament of Penance (Confession) is a Sacrament in which the sins committed after Baptism are forgiven The Sacrament of Penance or Confession remits sins and restore the friendship of God to the soul by means of the absolution of the priest I know the priest has power of absolving from the sins committed after Baptism, because Jesus Christ granted the power to the priests of His Church when He said: “Received ye the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.” The priest of the Church exercise the power of forgiving sins by hearing a confession of sins, and granting pardon for them as ministers of God and in His name. To receive the sacrament worthily, we must do 5 things: • We must examine our conscience (Write down your sins committed not to forget them) • We must have sorrow for our sins • We must make a firm absolution never more to offend God • We must confess our sins to the priest • We must accept the penance which the priest given us The examination of conscience we should pray to God to give us light to know our sins and grace to detest them.