A Confession story

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Hello All…

I was wondering if anyone here can help.

My daughter is preparring for her first Reconcilliation.

I’d like to share a story that was emailed to me with all the families in her class, but I can’t find it or remember the details.

I read it in an email a while back. The story was about Confession and a rope. The story told about everytime we sin we cut the rope and everytime we go to Confession God ties the rope together. It goes on to say that the knots make the rope shorter…getting you closer to God in the process.

Does anyone here know what story I’m talking about? Do you have it on file? If so, please post it here.

Thank you and Gods Blessings :tiphat:
 
I know the story you’re talking about, but I couldn’t find it. I did find the An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine For The Use of Sunday-School Teachers and Advanced Classes (Also known as Baltimore Catechism No. 4), specifically Question 17 explained:
So also God not only watches His creatures, but likewise provides for them. Since we depend so much upon Him,
is it not great folly to sin against Him, to offend, and
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                    tempt Him as it were?  There are some birds that build

                    their nests on the sides of great rocky precipices by the

                    seacoast.  Their eggs are very valuable, and men are let

                    down by long ropes to take them from the nest.  Now

                    while one of these men is hanging over the fearful

                    precipice, his life is entirely in the hands of those holding

                    the rope above.  While he is in that danger do you not

                    think he would be very foolish to tempt and insult those

                    on whom his life depends, when they could dash him to

                    pieces by simply dropping the rope?  While we live here

                    upon earth we are all hanging over a great precipice,

                    namely, eternity; God holds us by the little thread of our

                    lives, and if He pleased to drop it we should be hurled

                    into eternity.  If we tempt or insult Him, He might drop

                    or cut the thread while we are in mortal sin, and then,

                    body and soul, we go down into Hell.
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If you add to the end of this that by committing venial sins we are running a knife across the thread that holds us to God, and in the Sacrament of Reconciliation God restores our thread, that should pretty much be the story you’re thinking about.

Hope this helps,
RyanL
 
Thank you Ryan 🙂
That’s good too.

But I’d really like to find this story. I have google all kinds of words and can’t seem to find it…ugggg.

I think I saved it at one point, but on my other computer…it crashed and now the story is lost.

I’ll keep googleing…hopefully I’ll find it.

I guess I need to pray to St. Anthony?? 😃
 
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