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Tomorrow night is the last time I will be with my confirmandi. The DRE, suggesting that we spend some time discussing the Sacrament of Reconciliation (they MUST go to confession on Tuesday), gave me a copy of the book they use with the 4th graders. So, I opened to the first page and begin to read .....
As you prepare for your child's First Confession it's important to look at these different images of Confession and also to look at the truth about the sacrament of Reconciliation.
You and your partner will have your own personal impressions ......
My jaw dropped when I read that sentence. I was planning to assigne two commandments to each group of 4 and have them examine their consciences against them. In perusing the church's book, I came across this paragraph on Examination of Conscience.
In the light of Christ's life we can then turn to our own life. It's not ver helpful to try to remember everything - some people spend hours before they go to confession trying to recall every fault and failing. Or sometimes we spend ages trying to think of the best was of expressing our sins so that we we don't appear worse than we really are. God isn't interested in how good a memory we have or how many failings we can discover in ourselves. He's interested only in restoring us, in being reconciled with us in love and healing.
Puhlease!!!! Padre Pio had the gift of reading men's souls and held nothing back. I hate this diocese!
Please help me through this week. It will be a painful once since my daughter won't be there amongst the candidates. Each time I think about it, I start crying. Not only is it patently absurd to postpone Confirmation to the age of 17, my pastor never even picked up the phone to give her a call after I apprised him of her decision. He saw how upset I was .... nada! I hate this diocese.