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Faith/Spirituality Forum: imperfect contrition - desire for confession
If a person mortally sins and then makes an act of perfect contrition with firm intention of going to Confession at the earliest opportunity, his mortal sin is actually forgiven right there on-the...
Viaticum - the Last Sacrament.
The sick person should make a sincere, or perfect, act of contrition and then receive communion. (However, if a confused sick person admits, or confesses, some sin anyway, the minister is bound to the...
Act Of Contrition
I've always seen "Act of Contrition" is a humorous jab at all the people who have judged Madonna's life... the notion of God sorting out the "good" and the "bad" is, because how many of us are perfect
An Act of Contrition: A Prayer for God’s Healing Grace
... known as the act of contrition... The act of contrition acknowledges our need to stay close to God for His help in dealing with our sinful nature. There are two types of contrition: perfect (where we...
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Contrition
Since the act of perfect contrition implies necessarily this same love of God , theologians have ascribed to perfect contrition what Scripture teaches belongs to charity.
Homily 17 April 2005
If we truly understood the tragedy of sin, I believe every act of contrition would be a perfect act of contrition. But many times we don’t hate sin enough and we rest our sorrow on the fear of hell...
The Act of Perfect Contrition
Today, the availability of a true Catholic priest is quite remote. Use the Act of Perfect... The Act of Perfect Contrition Instruction by Fr. Lucian Pulvermacher, OFM Cap.
Caritas - Papal Office - April 2006
The Act of Perfect CONTRITION - Key to Heaven Before any forgiveness is possible the sinner must be living a generally honest life. While holding on to stolen property no forgiveness is...
SUMMA THEOLOGICA: The parts of Penance, in particular, and first of ...
Accordingly, contrition is essentially a kind of sorrow, and is an act of the virtue of penance. Reply to Objection 2. Attrition denotes approach to perfect contrition, wherefore in corporeal matters...
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It is easy to make an act of perfect contrition if we sincerely love God. We can excite ourselves to it by thinking of the Passion, of how good God is , how many favors He has granted us, and how...
