Tag Archives: Confession

Scripture Reflection: First Week of Lent 2016

Seek the Lord while He may be found, call Him while He is near. Let the scoundrel for­sake his way, and the wicked man his thoughts; Let him turn to the Lord for mer­cy; to our God, who is gen­er­ous … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Advent 2015: A Season of Hope and Conversion

Tomor­row is the Sec­ond Sun­day of Advent. The Sec­ond Sun­day of Advent starts off the sec­ond week of Advent. The advent sea­son con­sists of four weeks dur­ing which we pre­pare our­selves in a spe­cial way for the com­ing of Jesus.  The … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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The Coming of Jesus Christ

The first read­ing from today’s Mass (Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 6th) is from the Old Tes­ta­ment Book of Isa­iah. The prophet Isa­iah con­soles the peo­ple of Israel by telling them about the com­ing Mes­si­ah. “Thus says the LORD: Say to those whose … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Seek God and turn away from sin

To the pen­i­tent God pro­vides a way back, He encour­ages those who are los­ing hope and has cho­sen for them the lot of truth. Return to Him and give up sin, pray to the LORD and make your offens­es few. … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Advent 2014: A Season of Hope and Conversion

Today begins the sec­ond of the four weeks of the sea­son of Advent, in which we pre­pare our­selves in a spe­cial way for the com­ing of Jesus.  The word Advent means ‘com­ing.’ First­ly, we pre­pare our­selves to cel­e­brate Christ­mas, the his­tor­i­cal birth of … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Living a holy life: Reflections on Today’s Sunday Mass Readings

Today’s Sun­day Mass read­ings have sev­er­al themes. We will talk about two of those key themes in depth. 1. Reject­ing a life of sin and turn­ing to God Excerpt from the first read­ing: “Seek the LORD while He may be found, … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Divine Mercy Sunday 2014: The Love and Mercy of God

Tomor­row, April 27th,  is the Feast of Divine Mer­cy also known as Divine Mer­cy Sun­day! In our own mod­ern times, Jesus gave St. Fausti­na Kowal­s­ka of Poland the mis­sion of mak­ing His Divine Mer­cy bet­ter known on earth. He told … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Happy 2014!

A Blessed, Hap­py, and Holy New Year to all of you! Let this year be for you an oppor­tu­ni­ty for renew­al in Christ! “There­fore, if any­one is in Christ, he is a new cre­ation; old things have passed away; behold, all things … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Our Lady of Fatima~October 13th

On Octo­ber 13, 1917, in her 6th and last appari­tion to the shep­herd chil­dren Lucia dos San­tos, Fran­cis­co and Jac­in­ta Mar­to near Fati­ma, Por­tu­gal, Our Lady told them: “I am the Lady of the Rosary. … I have come to warn the faith­ful to amend … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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The Great Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation)!

The great Sacra­ment of Con­fes­sion (also known as the Sacra­ment of Penance or the Sacra­ment of Rec­on­cil­i­a­tion) is the means which Jesus Christ Him­self insti­tut­ed so that through the mer­its of His Pre­cious Blood and His death on the cross, … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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