Ch. 14 Jesus Heals Us in the Sacrament of Reconciliation

When we pray an Act of ____, we tell God we are sorry for our sins.

• Contrition

• Consecration

• Absolution

• Commitment

Answer explanation

During Reconciliation, we pray an Act of Contrition to say we are sorry for our sins. Jesus forgives us through the words and actions of a priest.

During confession, we tell the priest our sins and the priest forgives us.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Only God can forgive us for our sins. Jesus works through the words and actions of a priest to forgive us after we have confessed.

Perfect contrition is being sorry for your sin because you are afraid of being punished.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Contrition is the sadness we feel for having sinned. Perfect contrition is feeling sorry for our sin because we love God and want to be close to him.

What is penance?

• Something that we do that will help us keep our promise to avoid sin.

• How we have failed to love like Jesus loves.

• A sin we committed that must be confessed.

• A promise that we broke because of our sin.

Answer explanation

Penance is something that will help us keep our promise to avoid sin. Often, it is a prayer or a good deed to perform.

A way we prepare for confession is by thinking about how we have walked with Jesus and how we haven't. What is this called?

• praying the Act of Contrition

• fasting for one hour

• examining our conscience

• seeking the healing

Answer explanation

When we examine our conscience, we think and pray about how we have followed Jesus' footsteps. Have we loved God, others, and ourselves?

Praying to the Holy Spirit is part of preparing for confession.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

God gave us his Holy Spirit to help us follow his way of love. The Spirit can help us see how we have loved or failed to love.

Absolution is _______

• A sin that cuts us off from God.

• something we pray or do to show that we want to make up for our sins.

• a way we prepare for confession

• the forgiveness we receive from God through the priest

Answer explanation

Jesus forgives our sins through the words and actions of the priest. The action occurs when the priest extends his hand over us. This is absolution.

As we are absolved, we pray the Lord's Prayer.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

As we are absolved, we pray the Sign of the Cross. This is the sign we make to show that we are God's people.

When we tell our sins, we should tell ____.

• how often we committed the sins

• why we committed the sin

• what sin we committed

• all of the above.

Answer explanation

When we confess, we tell our sins, how often we committed them, and why we committed them. Doing this may help us avoid sin in the future.

Jesus gave us the Sacrament of Reconciliation on ______.

• Easter Sunday Night

• Advent

• Pentecost

• the evening of the Passover feast

Answer explanation

On Easter Sunday night, Jesus gave to his disciples the gift of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.