1456. Confession to a priest is an essential part of the sacrament of Penance: “All mortal sins of which penitents after a diligent self-examination are conscious must be recounted by them in confession, even if they are most secret and have been committed against the last two precepts of the Decalogue; for these sins sometimes wound the soul more grievously and are more dangerous than those which are committed openly.”54
When Christ’s faithful strive to confess all the sins that they can remember, they undoubtedly place all of them before the divine mercy for pardon. But those who fail to do so and knowingly withhold some, place nothing before the divine goodness for remission through the mediation of the priest, “for if the sick person is too ashamed to show his wound to the doctor, the medicine cannot heal what it does not know.”55
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
378. What are the human virtues?
95. “…Born of the Virgin Mary”: Why is Mary truly the Mother of God?
329. How does a priest carry out his proper ministry?
473. How does one avoid scandal?
552. How can adoration be defined?
405. What is the foundation of the authority of society?
283. What is the meaning of transubstantiation?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What can we learn from Judith’s victory in Judith 16:1-3?
What is the seventy week prophecy in Daniel 9?
How does Lamentations address the issue of human suffering?
What does the mutual admiration between loved ones mean in the book of Songs?
What is the spiritual battle mentioned in 2 Timothy 2:3-4, and how can a Christian fight it?
What does it mean to choose godliness over the flesh, according to 1 Peter 4:1-6?
