Paragraph 1438

1438. The seasons and days of penance in the course of the liturgical year (Lent, and each Friday in memory of the death of the Lord) are intense moments of the Church’s penitential practice.³⁶ These times are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and fraternal sharing (charitable and missionary works).

Aprofunde seus conhecimentos

393. Is there a variety of sins?

416. In what does the natural moral law consist?

154. What are the characteristics of the people of God?

479. How are the bodies of the deceased to be treated?

77. What other consequences derive from original sin?

351. What are the sacramentals?

177. Who are the faithful?

Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:

What is the role of the Holy Spirit in the sanctification of the Christian?

What was King Belshazzar’s judgment and how did his fall contribute to the fulfillment of biblical prophecies in Daniel 5?

How to Avoid the Temptation of Lust and Adultery (Proverbs 5:3-6)

What is the importance of reading and studying God’s law and what example can we find in the story of Ezra?

What is the example of Sodom and Gomorrah and what are the consequences of immorality and perversion according to the Bible?

What does the Bible teach about God’s final judgment, and what does Malachi 3:18 tell us about it?

What was David’s attitude toward Mephibosheth, and what can we learn from this story?