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- LESSON SEVENTEENTH: On the Sacrament of Penance
- Q.721. What is the Sacrament of Penance?
- Q 722. Has the word Penance any other meaning?
- Q.723. How does the institution of the Sacrament of Penance show the goodness of Our Lord?
- Q.724. What are the natural benefits of the Sacrament of Penance?
- Q.725. How does the Sacrament of Penance remit sin, and restore to the soul the friendship of God?
- Q.726. What is Absolution?
- Q.727. Does the priest ever refuse absolution to a penitent?
- Q.728. What should a person do when the priest has refused or postponed absolution?
- Q.729. Can the priest forgive all sins in the Sacrament of Penance?
- Q.730. What are the sins called which the priest has no authority to absolve?
- Q.731. Why is the absolution from some sins reserved to the Pope or bishop?
- Q.732. Can any priest absolve a person in danger of death from reserved sins without the permission of the bishop?
- Q.733. How do you know that the priest has the power of absolving from the sins committed after Baptism?
- Q.734. How do we know that Our Lord, while on earth, had the power to forgive sins?
- Q.735. Was the power to forgive sins given to the apostles alone?
- Q.736. When was the Sacrament of Penance instituted?
- Q.737. Are the enemies of our religion right when they say man cannot forgive sins?
- Q.738. How do the priests of the Church exercise the power of forgiving sins?
- Q.739. How does the power to forgive sins imply the obligation of going to confession?
- Q.740. Could God not forgive our sins if we confessed them to Himself in secret?
- Q.741. What must we do to receive the Sacrament of Penance worthily?
- Q.742. What should we pray for in preparing for confession?
- Q.743. What faults do many commit in preparing for confession?
- Q.744. What, then, is the most important part of the preparation for confession?
- Q.745. What is the chief reason that our confessions do not always amend our way of living?
- Q.746. What faults are to be avoided in making our confession?
- Q.747. Is it wrong to go to confession out of your turn against the will of others waiting with you?
- Q.748. What should a penitent do who knows he cannot perform the penance given?
- Q.749. What is the examination of conscience?
- Q.750. When is our confession worthy?
- Q.751. How can we make a good examination of conscience?
- Q.752. What should we do before beginning the examination of conscience?