Sacrament of Confession? Of Penance? Of Reconciliation?

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Sacrament of Confession? Of Penance? Of Reconciliation?

Which do you prefer, and why?
 
Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand
[paenitentiam agite adpropinquavit enim regnum caelorum]

😉
 
Well, it depends on what you mean. I *call *it confession by habit. But the reason that I go is because there is nothing worse than not being together with God, so I really am going to be reconciled with God (and also with the Church). I want to be fully right with him. This is my primary aim in going, though as a secondary thing I suppose you could also express it as I am going because I know that way I will be healed.
 
Well I think the proper name is Penance according to canon law (there was a debate on Wikipedia on which of the above titles should be used for the article.)

But as someone else said, by habit I call it confession.
 
All three 🙂

I probably use “reconciliation” the least, but I should use it more. I love how St. Paul describes priests as the ministers of reconciliation–that’s the very essence of what it means to be a priest, to do the work of Christ, reconciling man with God. 🙂
 
Sacrament of Penance. Thats the way I was taught but I usually say confession
 
**THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE **(Cann. 959 - 997)

Can. 959 In the sacrament of penance the faithful who confess their sins to a lawful minister, are sorry for those sins and have a purpose of amendment, receive from God, through the absolution given by that minister, forgiveness of sins they have committed after baptism, and at the same time they are reconciled with the Church, which by sinning they wounded.
 
I think it’s called the Sacrament of Reconciliation, but I just call it confession for short.
 
Most likely to refer to it as “confession”, and least likely to call it the sacrament of penance. Reconciliation is good middle ground.
 
How about, “all of the above.” I refer to it as Donfession in general conversation and when talking about it to my 6th graders because confession is what we DO in this Sacrament, and so few people come to Confession these days unless they are pressured into it that I feel the advertising is salutary.
 
the name of the sacrament is penance and reconciliation. old-timers like me still say confession. all 3 are essential aspects of the sacrament, so it doesn’t matter what you call it as long as you do it.
 
puzzleannie said:
the name of the sacrament is penance and reconciliation. old-timers like me still say confession. all 3 are essential aspects of the sacrament, so it doesn’t matter what you call it as long as you do it.
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ditto
 
To me is the sacrament of reconciliation. I still call it confession. It is not penance, because you are absolved independently of the penance.
 
Of those 3, Reconciliation is the only title that really defines the sacrament. Confession is the act of confessing your sins. Penance is the prayer or works assigned to us by the priest to help in repairing our sinful behavior. Reconciliation is the entire process. We must confess our sins, receive absolution, and do our penance to be completely reconciled.
 
puzzleannie said:
the name of the sacrament is penance and reconciliation. old-timers like me still say confession. all 3 are essential aspects of the sacrament, so it doesn’t matter what you call it as long as you do it.
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:yup:
 
I just say, “I’m going to the box”. Er, that is I used to say that…until they took the boxes away.

HEY…who took away my box?!
 
Or at all? Today I went to a parish that still has Saturday afternoon confessions. The lines were moderately long. About 10 minutes before the end of the posted time, the priest stepped out and said he’d hear one more person, but the rest of us would have to come back some other time. No matter. About a half-hour away is a parish operated by a religious order where they are reported to be available on Saturdays from 7 to 9 p.m., or later if there are still penetents waiting.
Is there not something in the Canon directing priests to make themselves available for confessions as needed by the Faithful?
 
mystified said:
Is there not something in the Canon directing priests to make themselves available for confessions as needed by the Faithful?
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Perhaps you are looking for this (CIC):

Can. 986 §1 All to whom by virtue of office the care of souls is committed, are bound to provide for the hearing of the confessions of the faithful entrusted to them, who reasonably request confession, and they are to provide these faithful with an opportunity to make individual confession on days and at times arranged to suit them.

§2 In an urgent necessity, every confessor is bound to hear the confessions of Christ’s faithful, and in danger of death every priest is so obliged.
 
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