I'm hoping that someone can help me to give the best answer to the this question. And in the most simple way possible.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
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St. Rita of Cascia
God, through the prayers of St. Rita, may we learn to bear our crosses in life in the same spirit in which she bore hers. Amen.
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Mother of Christ, you had influence with your divine son while upon earth. You have the same influence now in Heaven. Pray for us; obtain for us from your Divine Son our special requests if it be the Divine Will. Amen.
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St. Maria Goretti
Oh Saint Maria Goretti who, strengthened by God's grace, did not hesitate at the age of twelve to shed thy blood and sacrifice life itself to defend thy virginal purity, look graciously on the human race which has strayed far from the path of eternal salvation. Teach us all, and especially youth, with what courage and promptitude we should flee for the love of Jesus anything that could offend Him or stain our souls with sin. Amen.
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Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Heavenly Father, source of all holiness, You raise up within the Church in every age men and women who serve with heroic love and dedication. You have blessed Your Church through the life and ministry of Your faithful servant, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. He has written and spoken well of Your Divine Son, Jesus Christ, and was a true instrument of the Holy Spirit in touching the hearts of countless people. If it be according to Your Will, for the honor and glory of the Most Holy Trinity and for the salvation of souls, we ask You to move the Church to proclaim him a saint. We ask this prayer through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
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Oh i cannot wait to read the answers to that question.
On Easter Sunday night, when Christ appeared to the Twelve Apostles, He breathed on them (the second time in all the Bible God breathed onto man--the other time was when He breathed life into Adam). Then, after that most significant event, He said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you shall forgive, they shall be forgiven; whose sins you shall retain, they shall be retained."
Now, how did Christ expect the Apostles to be able to forgive or retain a sinner's sins if they didn't know what those sins were? The penitent had to tell them. And this is CLEARLY the way Christ wanted it. Earlier in the New Testament Christ told the Jewish elders that He had the power to forgive sins (when He healed the paralytic). Now He was transferring that power to His Apostles. And notice He wasn't talking about simply categorizing sins (as He had already done, so it would have been unnecessary). He didn't say, "Those sins you shall forgive . . . ", He said, "Whose sins you shall forgive . . . "
How can the Apostles (to whom Christ gave the authority) or Priests (to whom the Apostles gave the authority) personally forgive or retain a person's sins unless the person personally tells them?
If Christ didn't want Confession to His ministers, He NEVER would have said this to them, when He said it, and how He said it.
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