225. Names for Penance

Names for Penance

YOUCAT Catechism + Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 225

Ave Maria series

225  What names are there for the sacrament of Penance?

The sacrament of Penance is also called the sacrament of Reconciliation, of forgiveness, of conversion, or confession.  [1422-1424, 1486]  67

The repentant Mary Magdalene at the meal in Simon the Pharisee's house, c. 15th century......225

“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I came not to call the righteous but sinners.” Mark 2:17

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THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION

1422 "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."(Lumen Gentium 11 § 2.)⁴–Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition

WHAT IS THIS SACRAMENT CALLED?

1423  It is called the sacrament of conversion because it makes sacramentally present Jesus' call to conversion, the first step in returning to the Father (compare Mark 1:15; Luke 15:18.)⁵  from whom one has strayed by sin.--CCC

It is called the sacrament of Penance, since it consecrates the Christian sinner's personal and ecclesial steps of conversion, penance, and satisfaction. --CCC

1424  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.—CCC

IN BRIEF

1486 The forgiveness of sins committed after Baptism is conferred by a particular sacrament called the sacrament of conversion, confession, penance, or reconciliation. –CCC

JT  Magdalene the meal