Forgiveness, Sin, and Reconciliation
Forgiveness and Sin
Core Concept
Vocabulary
- Mortal Sin: A decision to turn away from God by doing wrong things.
- Venial Sin: A choice we make that weakens our relationship with God and with other people.
- Grace: The gift of a relationship with God given to us without our deserving it.
- Virtue: A disposition of the human soul developed by grace and practice to do good.
- Reconciled: Ways of being reconciled with God:
- Sacrament of Reconciliation
- Praying an act of contrition
- An act of penance
- The Eucharist
- Eternal: Lasting or existing forever without end or beginning.
- Contrition: Repentance, which is sorrow for and disgust of sin committed and the strong intent to sin no more.
- Confession: Confession of our sins to the priest with a commitment to repair the harm caused by the sin.
- Conscience: An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongfulness of one's behavior.
- Prediction: Hinting at what will happen.
- Concupiscent Sins: People are weakened by original sin, and it deeply wounds us. We stay drawn to it on behalf of others.
Healing and Faith
- Remember how the Israelites were healed by their snake bites.
- God told Moses to make a bronze snake and put it where people could see it.