Hello Everybody! Peace be with you! Again, I apologize for the hiatus due to a very busy June! So, picking up where we last left off, we continue to reflect on the great gift of the sacraments. We finished last time with confirmation and we begin this time with the sacrament of reconciliation:
In reconciliation, he restores this
resurrection-life to you if you should weaken it or throw it away by personal
sin. His mercy is always there for you. There is no need to fear the impending
tribunal of love so long as you believe in his healing love and mercy and put
all your trust in him. In marriage, he transforms the resurrection-life into
something you live together with a spouse and children. In holy orders, he
makes a man into a minister in the Church of these seven great gifts. And in
the anointing of the sick, he comes to you when you are in a state of serious
illness, seals you again with oil and prayer, and thereby heals you of sin and
fortifies your resurrection-life in the midst of your illness and suffering.
There are many other gifts in the Church. There is Scripture – the book by
which God speaks to you even now. There is prayer – the loving conversation
with God in friendship. There are works of love and mercy to carry out for
others. And there are more – too many to mention here. All of these things
serve to build up and strengthen the resurrection-life within you. These are
the ways that Christ, by his mercy, heals you and prepares you for the glorious
day of judgment.
May God bless you all!
Fr. Isaac Spinharney, CFR
St. Joseph Friary
Harlem, NY
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