But we have Baptism, which reconciles us with God;
why then do we need a special sacrament of Reconciliation?
Baptism
does snatch us from the power of sin and death and brings us into the new life
of the children of God, but it does not free us from human weakness and the
inclination to sin. That is why we need a place where we can be reconciled with
God again and again. That place is confession.
It
does not seem like a modern thing to go to confession; it can be difficult and
may cost a great deal of effort at first. But it is one of the greatest graces
that we can receive again and again in our lifeit truly renews the soul,
completely unburdens it, leaving it without the debts of the past, accepted in
love, and equipped with new strength. God is merciful, and he desires nothing
more earnestly than for us, too, to lay claim to his mercy. Someone who has
gone to confession turns a clean, new page in the book of his life. (YOUCAT
question 226)
~ from Catechism in a Year
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