A | B |
Mistakes and Accidents | are not sins. |
Law of Love | You shall love the lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your soul. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. |
Sin is | when we choose to do wrong even though we know it's wrong. |
Sin hurts | us and God's family. |
When we sin, we choose | not to love God, others or ourselves. |
God forgives us | of our sins. |
Reconciliation | The sacramaent in which we celebrate God's mercy and forgiveness of our sins. |
Jesus is | our Good Shepard. |
Jesus is full of joy when | we do what is wrong and are truly sorry. |
Conscience | Helps us know right from wrong. |
Examination of Conscience | Ask God the Holy Spirit to help us remember our sins. |
We celebrate reconciliation with | ourselves, God, and a priest. |
Confession | Tell our sins to a priest and God. |
2 parts of reconciliation | say we are sorry and try not to sin again. |
God gave the 10 Commandments | to Moses. |
Why did God make you? | To know, love, and serve Him in this life so I can be happy with Him in Heaven. |
A sacrament was instituted | by Christ to give grace. |
Grace is | God's life in us. |
If I follow the Law of Love | I will always obey the 10 commandments. |
God never stops | loving us. |
God will always forgive me but | I must try to make right choices. |
God gives me | a free will. I can choose to do what is right or choose to do what is wrong. |
Jesus gave His apostles | the power to forgive sins. |
Jesus told the apostles | "receive the Holy Spirit, whose sins you shall forgive will be forgiven." |
The priest has the same power | as the apostles. He forgives sins in Jesus' name. |