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Podcast: New Books in Catholic Studies
Episode: Bless Me, Father, for I have Sinned: Understanding the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Description: Father Joseph Horn explains the Sacrament of Reconciliation, where it comes from, how it works, and what many of us don’t know about it. At its inception, the Sacrament of Confession was offered only once in a lifetime! And even today it seems that some Catholics avoid the sacrament because of confusion about guilt; yet it is through Reconciliation that their guilt is entirely washed away. Fr Joe also explains mortal and venial sins, and how the Sacrament of the Eucharist removes the latter every week.
St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California
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