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Reconciliation
 


Whenever our failures lead to an encounter with the Lord, life and hope are reborn and we are able to be reconciled: with ourselves, with our brothers and sisters, and with God.

 
Homily
28 July 2022

 
 
 
Reconciliation
 


Confession is not so much that we go to the Lord, but that he comes to us, to fill us with his grace, to fill us with his joy. 

 
Homily
25 March 2022

 
 
 
Reconciliation
 


Confession is the Sacrament of resurrection, pure mercy.

 
Homily
11 April 2021

 
 
 
Reconciliation
 


Confession is not about ourselves and our sins, but about God and his mercy. Let us not confess to abase ourselves, but to be raised up. We, all of us, need this badly.

 
Homily
11 April 2021

 
 
 
Reconciliation
 


Anyone who wants to experience the consolation and tenderness of God simply needs to go to confession.

 
General Audience
24 April 2019

 
 
 
Reconciliation
 


The sacrament of Reconciliation: there, a wise life begins and starts over, loved and forgiven; there, begins the healing of the heart.

 
Homily
17 March 2018

 
 
 
Reconciliation
 


Each time we go to confession, God embraces us. God rejoices.

 
General Audience
19 February 2014

 
 
 
Reconciliation
 


Each time we receive a Sacrament with faith: the Lord Jesus “touches” us and grants us his grace. In this case we think especially of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, which heals us from the leprosy of sin.

 
Angelus Address
15 February 2015

 

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