"Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help." Hebrews 4:14-16
Are we to go to confessions? Or can we just confess our sins to God and forget about them? What does the Bible tell us about confessions: "Whomever you forgive anything, so do I. For indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for you in the presence of Christ,"
2 Corinthians 2:10 These are the words of St Paul, who forgives sins in the presence of Christ. Again St Paul tells us: "And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation," 2 Corinthians 5:18. God gave us the ministry of reconciliation, and we are to go to the throne of mercy. We are called to go to confessions, we are told we will receive grace for timely help. There is much more to confessions than our own understanding. Admit your faults and seek His mercy in the presence of Christ. For myself, this is the person who the authority has been given to - a priest.
Dear Father, we are all sinners and fall short of Your Glory, with Your help we can receive Your grace to get back up and go again. I am striving to learn, teach me Father what it is I am to learn. Thank You for the Sacrament of Confessions, May I go to Your throne, humble of heart and eager to receive. I ask this in Jesus name, Amen.
Mary, Mother of Mercy, pray for us.
Are we to go to confessions? Or can we just confess our sins to God and forget about them? What does the Bible tell us about confessions: "Whomever you forgive anything, so do I. For indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for you in the presence of Christ,"
2 Corinthians 2:10 These are the words of St Paul, who forgives sins in the presence of Christ. Again St Paul tells us: "And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation," 2 Corinthians 5:18. God gave us the ministry of reconciliation, and we are to go to the throne of mercy. We are called to go to confessions, we are told we will receive grace for timely help. There is much more to confessions than our own understanding. Admit your faults and seek His mercy in the presence of Christ. For myself, this is the person who the authority has been given to - a priest.
Dear Father, we are all sinners and fall short of Your Glory, with Your help we can receive Your grace to get back up and go again. I am striving to learn, teach me Father what it is I am to learn. Thank You for the Sacrament of Confessions, May I go to Your throne, humble of heart and eager to receive. I ask this in Jesus name, Amen.
Mary, Mother of Mercy, pray for us.
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
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