Is Christ's sacrifice perfect?

[felapton]

This is an ordinary argument pushed by Protestant side in discussing matter about sacraments (penance and Eucharist, especially), and purgatory saying that all out sins are remitted because of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. We Catholics surely do believe that Christ’s sacrifice is perfect, bet where’s the point? Is it the different implication of sacrifice (and how do we interpret it?) or something else in matter?

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Hi,

I have used this example here so often that some, I’m sure, are sick of reading. Say I take a pitcher of orange juice from my mother’s refrigerator and drop it on the floor. I immediately apologize and my mother forgives me. So I am completely forgiven. But there is still a mess on the floor. Certainly, it is not my mother’s responsibility to clean up the mess. It is MY responsibility to clean it up or to repair the situation–or to make reparation for the situation. This is what Purgatory does. Purgatory does not remit our sins. Christ has done that perfectly. Purgatory consists of making reparation for the temporal effects of our sins.

For more, see: catholic.com/library/Purgatory.asp

catholic.com/library/Roots_of_Purgatory.asp

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.