A. Baptism and Penance are called Sacraments of the dead because they take away sin, which is the death of the soul, and give grace, which is its life. Q. 595. May not the Sacrament of Penance be ...

The sacrament of reconciliation is a sacrament ... For example, they might be told to return stolen goods. Penance requires … the sinner to endure all things willingly, be contrite of heart ...

Another Old Testament event that prefigures the sacrament of reconciliation is ... confess and do penance. It also becomes more ritualized. Through the law of Moses, he gave specific ritual ...

I can never forget the first baptism I celebrated. I was a transitional deacon assigned to a parish in the Archdiocese of ...