You could hardly find a better description of what is going on in the sacrament of Reconciliation than this passage from 1 Corinthians 5:17-21: Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation ...

The candles flicker on the living room altar as my husband asks the children to quiet down from their chatter. The girls sit on the couch, while our 7-year-old son climbs on my lap for our bedtime ...

Children from St. Boniface, St. Patrick’s, and Holy Rosary parishes celebrated their First Penance at St. Boniface Church with the Rev. James McGahagan, administrator at St. Boniface and St. Patrick’s ...

If you go to the Sacrament of Penance in 2023, there will be two subtle changes in the wording of the prayer of absolution, which the priest prays to conclude the sacrament. The new prayer will likely ...

SS.Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church, Olyphant, Pa was the settingSunday, June 2, for six Children who received the “Sacrament of Penance” (Holy Communion) at the 11:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy ...

For the Church’s first seven centuries, penance could be received no more than once in a lifetime. That policy dated back to the time of St. Peter. The New Testament tells us... - Published on August ...

(The Conversation) — Churches’ struggles to respond to the plague and constant warfare in the 14th and 15th centuries helped shape the kinds of Christianity in the world today. As a medieval historian ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. The Conversation is wholly responsible for the content. The 14th century is known for ...

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