Reconciliation
Reconciliation
Reconciliation
"Those who approach the Sacrament of Penance obtain pardon through God's mercy for the offence committed against him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labours for their conversion"
(Catechism of the Catholic Church
1422).
A way back...
A way back...
Our human nature has inherited, from the fall of Adam and Eve, a state called concupiscence. This is the sin causing error. God in His infinite mercy has provided us a way in which we can turn back to Him whenever we fall. Reconciliation is a beautiful way back to Christ after we recognise our error... .
Confession is offered every day after 10am mass in St Davids chapel.
God is Merciful
Since the disclosure or confession of sins to a priest is an essential element of this sacrament. In a sense it is also a "confession" - acknowledgment and praise - of the holiness of God and of his mercy shown towards sinful man.