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How to
confess well

Under the title of “How to confess well” the Cardinal Angelo Comastri has placed a path for the examination of conscience, that takes into consideration the life in the modern world. Let’s run to the source of Misericordy! The Holy Father has pointed out three spiritual goals to be reached for an authentic and genuine Christian life. Let’s see them! 1. The sacramental confession, as a sign of conversion; 2. The fidelity to the Sunday, Day of the Lord and of the Man; 3. The solidarity towards our brothers, especially with deeds of charity towards those in need.



 
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BEGINNING PRAYER

Receive me into Your Heart, Jesus! For my redemption, You became Man, You died and You resurrected: Your Misericordy is my hope. Forgive me, My Lord, I have sinned much!

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EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE

Jesus says in the Gospel:

“Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
The truth shall make you free”

"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart"

-  Am I a Christian in my everyday life or ….just on the paper?

- Is my faith genuine ad industrious o just… an appearance?
- Am I superstitious? Do I believe in magic?

- When do I pray? Only in need - hen “money and health” are going bad – or always?

- Do I curse or swear against God, the Virgin, the Saints and the Holy Things?
 
- Do I take part with devotion to the festive Mass, to the Sacrament of Eucharist, to the penitence and to the Catechism?

- Do I speak badly of the Catholic religion, of the Church, of the Pope?

- Are the money, the wellbeing, the carrier, the success, the fun, more important to me than God and the eternal salvation?

"That ye love one another; as I have loved you"

- The Gospel teaches us that it is impossible to love God without loving our brothers. Do I believe that?

- As a son/daughter, am I obedient and respectful towards my parents, grandparents, sisters/brothers and relatives?

- As a fiancé/ée, am I seriously preparing to the wedding, praying together with my partner and living the chastity as an education of the heart to the true and faithful love?

- As a parent, do I worry about the human and Christian education of my children? Do I give them a good example? Do I find some time to spend with them and to pray with them?

- As a husband/wife, am I faithful to the marriage and family’s duties? Am I open to dialogue? Am I patient? Am I able to forgive and to feel sorry for the others, or to understand the others’ limits and faults?

- Do I love the others, following the steps of Jesus? Is it likely for me to criticize the others, to calumny, to envy, to be jealous, and to domineer upon the others?

- As an employer/employee, am I rightful, honest, and respectful of the rights?

- Did I respect the others’ life?

- Did I do abortion or suggest it to someone?

- Did I steal?

- Did I cheat?

- Did I damage public or private belongings?

- Do I drive carefully, respected my and others’ life?


DUTIES TOWARDS MYSELF

- Do I ever wonder, in front of the Lord, what He asks me, and which is my vocation?

- Do I care about my spiritual life with the daily prayer, with the reading of the Gospel and with the hearing of God’s Word?

- Do I take part attentively and with sense of duty to the community life either on the parish or the diocese level?

- How do I use the time and the precious gifts received by God? 

- Do I engage myself and my time for the others or for the weakest people?

- Do I preserve my heart, my thoughts and my body pure?

- Do I maintain pure my thoughts and desires?

- Do I scandalize others with my behaviour?

- Do I read/watch indecent books, TV shows, internet sites?

- Do I exaggerate in eating, drinking or smoking? Do I use drugs? Do I gamble?

- As a citizen and a Christian, do I attend to all my political and social duties? Do I pay taxes? Do I respect the environment? What else does my conscience reprove me?

CONCLUSIONACT OF CONTRICTION

O MY GOD, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell; but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who art all-good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen.

If you have recited the Conclusionact of Contriction in your preparation, it is not necessary to repeat it during the confession.

The confession path

The priest welcomes you and gives you a blessing. Then you confess your sins with simplicity, humility, clearness and repentance. The priest will address you some orientating and hopeful words. At the end he will give you the absolution for all your sins and he will give you a "penitence". You may ask the priest  some advices and may be a guide for you in your Christian life. Let’s have just one precaution: maybe, queuing outside the confessional will be other people waiting and eager as you are to have the same amount of time to confess.

Translation by
Dr. Francesca Ceccarini

AS VIAS DO ESPIRITO

DECIMO TERCEIRO DOMINGO DO TEMPO COMUM

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DECIMO TERCEIRO DOMINGO DO TEMPO COMUM

28 JUNHO 2015
UMA REFLEXÃO


Deus ama a vida!  Ele quer apenas a vida!  Deus criou o homem para ser incorruptivel e pelo seu Filho salva-nos da morte: eis porque Lhe damos graças em cada Eucaristia. Na sua vida terrena Jesus sempre defendeu a vida e o Evangelho de hoje relata-nos dois episodios que assinalam a defesa da vida. Ele cura, levanta e torna livres todas as pessoas, dá-lhes toda a  liberdade e capacidade para viver livremente e plenamente. Sabemos dizer-Lhe que Ele é a nossa alegria de viver ?

THE WAYS OF THE SPIRIT

The Holy Family of Nazareth

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The Holy Family
of Nazareth

The liturgical proposals are mainly imitative. The Holy Family is the classical model offered and apparently an ordinary family: a worker, a humble woman and a child. They lived in a poor house, dug in the stone of the hill, mixed with the many others - leaned one on another - that shaped the little village of Nazareth. The worker, whose name was Joseph, was a carpenter of the village. Those who saw him working night and day, or those who met him in the street, bent under the weight of a board, could never be able to guess that he had frequent conversations with Angels and that he was in charge of the biggest matter in the human history: the Saviour.
 
 

LOS CAMINOS DEL ESPIRITU

ORACION Y CONSAGRACION A MARÍA

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ORACION Y CONSAGRACION A MARÍA
Hoy también nosotros estamos en tu presencia, oh Soberana, sí, repito, Soberana, Madre de Dios y Virgen; adherimos nuestra alma a ti que eres nuestra esperanza, como a un ancla absolutamente firme infrangible.
Te consagramos nuestro espíritu, nuestra alma, nuestro cuerpo, nuestra persona toda entera; queremos honrarte con salmos, himnos y cánticos inspirados según nuestras posibilidades, ya que honrarte como merece tu dignidad sobrepasa nuestras fuerzas.
Así expresaremos mejor nuestra adhesión a nuestro Señor. ¿Qué digo? En realidad basta a aquellos que guardan piadosamente tu memoria, tener el don inestimable de tu recuerdo; éste se convierte en el colmo de la alegría imperecedera. ¿De qué gozo no estará colmado, de qué bienes, aquél que hace de su espíritu la morada secreta de tu muy santo recuerdo?

WEGE DES GEISTES

Una canzone d'amore Parlaci ancora

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Una canzone d'amore
Parlaci ancora

Signore Gesù Cristo,
Parola eterna e Maestro buono,
tu sei venuto dal Padre
per dirci la "buona notizia" dell'amore.
Raccolti intorno a te,
come i discepoli sulla montagna
o le folle lungo la riva del lago,
siamo in ascolto del tuo vangelo,
che ci svela il volto del Padre,
ricco di misericordia e grande nell'amore;
che ci annuncia il Regno
con le sue beatitudini
e il suo misterioso cammino nel tempo;
che ci comunica la forza dello Spirito
come consolazione, memoria e profezia.

Preghiere

PREGHIERA AL SANTO PADRE PIO

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PREGHIERA AL SANTO PADRE PIO
Preghiera al Santo Padre Pio di S. Em.za Card. Angelo Comastri

Padre Pio, tu sei vissuto nel secolo dell'orgoglio: e sei stato umile.
Padre Pio, tu sei passato tra noi nell'epoca delle ricchezze
sognate, giocate e adorate: e sei rimasto povero.