There are many different names of Reconciliation, three of the names are penance, confession, and forgiveness. It is cal

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The church teaches that "Only God forgives sin." (Catechism 362) This shows that when the priest absolves one from their sins they are doing it on behalf of God. The Sacred Scripture speaks of reconciliation and states when Jesus grants through the Holy Spirit the power to forgive sins upon ordinary men. When Jesus appeared to the Disciples after His resurrection He said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained." (Jn 20:22-23) This is one of the most inspiring innovations of the Gospel. He gives this ability to the apostles for them to continue their mission as proclaimers of the Gospel and ministers of Christ's redemption work. In imparting to his apostles his own power to forgive sins the Lord also gives them the authority to reconcile sinners to the Church. He gives this power to act out in his name. When celebrating the sacrament of Reconciliation, the priest is fulfilling the ministry of the Good Samaritan who puts together wounds and of the just and impartial judge whose judgement is both just and merciful. The priest is the sign and the instrument of God's merciful love for the sinner.

led the sacrament of Penance because this is the part of the sacrament that consecrates the Christian sinners' personal steps of conversion. There are three forms of penance. These forms are fasting, prayer and almsgiving, which express conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and to all others. It can be called the sacrament of Confession do to the act of revealing ones sins to the priest. This is an essential element of this sacrament. Last but not least, it can be known as the sacrament of forgiveness, do to the priest's sacramental absolution God grants the Penitent pardon. The truth is Reconciliation encompasses all these aspects. All of these aspects are needed to be fully reconciled with God.

There are two types of sin, venial and mortal. Mortal sin destroys kindness in the heart of man by a serious violation of God's law. It turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his complete happiness, by preferring an inferior good to him. Venial sin allows kindness to exist, although it offends and wounds God's law. For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must be met. "Mortal sin is a sin whose object is grave matter which is also committed with a full knowledge and deliberate consent." (Catechism 455) Grave matter is specified by the Ten Commandments, corresponding to the answer of Jesus to the rich young man, " Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother." (Mk 10:19) The gravity of sins is more or less great. Murder is graver than theft. One must also take into account the one who is hurt. Violence against parents is in itself graver than violence against a stranger. Mortal sin requires full knowledge and complete consent. It is assumed before hand that the sinful act, which offends Gods laws, is done knowingly. With this knowledge, one will continue to deliberately commit the act and go against God. One commits venial sin when, in a less serious matter, when one disobeys the mortal law in a grave matter, but without full knowledge or without committing the act purposely. Deliberate and unrepented venial sins disposes us little by

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