Ch 12

What is confession?

• Gathering of the parish community

• Being sorry for our sins

• A prayer we say to make up for our sins

• Telling our sins to the priest in the sacrament of Reconciliation

What does contrition mean?

• Forgiveness of our sins by the priest

• Telling our sins to the priest

• A kind act to make up for our sins

• Being sorry for our sins and promising not to sin again

What is absolution?

• Being sorry for our sins

• The forgiveness of our sins by the priest in the sacrament of Reconciliation

• Gathering to celebrate the sacrament of Reconciliation

• A prayer or kind act we do to make up for our sins

What is a penance?

• Being sorry for our sins

• Forgiveness of our sins

• A prayer or kind act we do to make up for our sins

• Telling our sins to the priest

When do our parish community sometimes gather?

• To celebrate the sacrament of Reconciliation together

• To tell our sins to the priest alone

• To perform a kind act

• To promise not to sin again

In the sacrament of Reconciliation, how do we tell our sins to the priest?

• In a group

• Through a letter

• Alone

• Over the phone

What did Jesus mean when he told Peter to forgive his brother seventy seven times?

• To forgive others

• To count how many times we forgive

• To not forgive

• To only forgive a few times

Who forgives our sins in the sacrament of Reconciliation?

• The parish community

• Ourselves

• The priest

• Our friends

What must we do to make up for our sins?

• Read a book

• A prayer or kind act

• Run a mile

• Sing a song

What do we promise in contrition?

• To sing every day

• To gather as a community

• Not to sin again

• To tell our sins to the priest