Education in Faith

Praying for our First Reconciliation Candidates

Our recently departed Pope Francis often empasised the importance and beauty of what he labeled 'the sacrament of healing'.

“Among the Sacraments, certainly Reconciliation renders present with particular efficacy the merciful face of God: it is constantly and ceaselessly made real and manifest,” Pope Francis says with the force of personal experience and conviction. (Internal Forum organized by the Apostolic Penitentiary March 2015.) 

“The Sacrament of Reconciliation is a Sacrament of healing. When I go to confession, it is in order to be healed, to heal my soul, to heal my heart and to be healed of some wrongdoing,” describes Pope Francis. (General Audience Feb. 2014) 

“The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation flows directly from the Paschal Mystery. In fact, on the evening of Easter the Lord appeared to the disciples, who were locked in the Upper Room, and after addressing them with the greeting, ‘Peace be with you!’, he breathed on them and said: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven’ (Jn 20:21-23). This passage reveals to us the most profound dynamic contained in this Sacrament.”

This coming week we pray that our Year 3 students participating in the sacrament for the first time experience the God's love and healing in a very special way.

We ask that you remember the candidates in your prayers this week.