Bless Me, Father, for I have Sinned: Understanding the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Father Joseph Horn explains the Sacrament of Reconciliation, where it comes from, how it works, and what many of us don’t know about it. At its inception, the Sacrament of Confession was offered only once in a lifetime! And even today it seems that some Catholics avoid the sacrament because of confusion about guilt; yet it is through Reconciliation that their guilt is entirely washed away. Fr Joe also explains mortal and venial sins, and how the Sacrament of the Eucharist removes the latter every week.

St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California

Father Joe’s talk about Reconciliation for Theology on Tap

Confession scene from The Godfather Part III (1990)

Comic scene from The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Bishop Barron’s remarks on etymology of ‘Reconciliation’

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