The Gift of Confession

Pastor’s Column

4th Sunday of Lent

March 10, 2024

The Sacrament of Reconciliation doesn’t just take our sins away: it gives us many benefits! Lent (and a great parish mission) is the perfect time to do some spring cleaning in our soul. Our penance service is this Wednesday March 13 at 6:30 p.m.  Give yourself a gift that will be a blessing now, in the future and in the world to come as well. Here are just a few benefits of a good confession:

• Reconciliation with God

• A personal encounter with Christ

• Divine life is restored/renewed in our soul

• Our soul receives many graces that are there if only we ask for them

• Confession reminds us of the price of sin

• Remission of eternal punishment

• Helps us have a better personal judgment on the last day of our lives

• Temporal punishment can be diminished

• More fruitful participation in the other sacraments

• Increases our charity

• Cultivates hope

• Is a sacrament of healing

• God’s mercy is given to us verbally, tangibly, and sacramentally

• Fosters growth in both humility and self-knowledge

• Helps us to form our conscience

• Brings psychological benefits

• Prevents us from falling into more serious sins

• Improves our prayer life

• Can be a source of spiritual direction

• Helps us to become the saints we were meant to be 

Father Gary ~