Reconciliation

The authority to forgive sins was given to

• Peter and the Apostles

• Only Jesus

• All people

• All Baptized Christians

Handing down the authority that comes from Jesus to each new generation of Church leaders is called:

• Church authority

• Ordination

• Apostolic Succession

• Sola Scriptura

What are other names for the Sacrament of Reconciliation?

• Penance

• Confession

• Forgiveness

• Conversion

Identify the three actions of the Sacrament.

• Be punished

• Repent

• Confess

• Intend to make amends

What does it mean to repent?

• Say your sorry, whether or not you actually mean it.

• Express sorrow for our sin and intention to avoid future sin.

• Tell everyone that you are a sinner.

• Receive punishment from God.

Why do we confess to a priest?

• It helps us to take responsibility for our actions.

• Through the priest, we are confessing our sins to God.

• It strengthens our conscience.

• The priest is a representative of the community who helps to reconcile us with the Body of Christ.

What is penance?

• The place where you confess your sins.

• A fancy name for the priest in the confessional.

• The spare change that you carry with you.

• An action to help us repair the wrong and consider future choices.

What is the action of the priest in the Sacrament?

• Judge the worthiness of the person confessing

• Offer absolution

• Tell the police when someone confesses to breaking the law

• Ask you lots of questions to make sure that you have confessed everything

The priest pardons the sins of the person confessing, in the name of God and the Church.

• absolution

• Anointing

• Concupiscence

• indulgence

The tendency of all human being toward sin, as a result of Original Sin.

• absolution

• concupiscence

• conversion

• indulgence