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SACRAMENT OF
RECONCILIATION

No matter how much power there is in dynamite, if the fuse is not working properly, it doesn't do what it set out to do.  The same thing with receiving Jesus in the Eucharist during Holy Communion.  If our souls are not prepared to receive him, it does not do us much good and (like dynamite) it can even hurt us. So how do we prepare our souls? Jesus asked us to reconcile ourselves with GOD first before we receive him. In the book of John chapter 20, Jesus gave the apostles and their successors the power to release people of their sins. He gave them the power to release us of what holds us bound. So the great news is that when we go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession), we are released of whatever blocks our relationship with Jesus and we also receive the special grace (special Divine strength) to combat the area of sin we have the courage to confess!!!

To help bring peace to your life, release you of your burdens, and provide the way Jesus asked us to reconcile with Him.   The Sacrament of Reconciliation offered at: St. Augustine Saturdays From 11:30 to 12 Noon St. Luis Catholic Church (305) 237-7562 Saturdays from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm & 7:30 - 8:30 pm Church of the Epiphany (305) 667-4911 Saturdays at 4:30 pm St. John Neuman (305) 255-6642 Saturday 4:15 pm to 4:45 pm. Gesu in Downtown Miami (305) 379-1424 8:45 am, 10:30 am, 11:30 am, and 4:30 pm M-Friday Hermita de la Caridad (305) 854-2404 Usually from 9 am to 12 pm From 2 to 5:30 pm From 7:30 to 8 pm - 7 days a week

After all, if you and your friend are fighting you don't invite him over for dinner and a celebration until you make up with him first. A healthy husband and a wife do not join themselves lovingly in their intimate marital act until they have made peace with each other first. The same thing happens with God. And Jesus paid a very heavy price, the price of crucifixion in order to distribute to all of humanity throughout the ages that gift of forgiveness he won for us on Calvary.  Let us make good use of this gift.

How Does that work? 
Jesus came down from heaven in the form of a man, yet still remaining God, in order to pave the way for us to get to heaven. He made a way for us to get to heaven by dying for us on the cross. This humbling, excruciating sacrifice and rejection he endured allowed him to carry the weight of all our sins, so that we would not get what our sins deserved- eternal death. Instead, Jesus' suffering and dying for us one time and for all mankind allowed the Father to make a deposit of forgiveness under his Son's name. We can then go into the bank and withdraw that forgiveness every time we go into the confessional. If we say we are rich, Jesus paid the price and the Father has a big bank account of forgiveness, it does not enrich us one penny until we go withdraw the forgiveness from the bank for ourselves. Sure forgiveness is there, and Jesus paid the price and no matter what we have done JESUS WILL FORGIVE US, but only when we withdraw the forgiveness as he says through the ministry of a priest in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. See (Mat 16:1919, John 20:22-23; Luke 10:16 ) It would be a bit arrogant on our part to refuse to acknowledge when we fail God, others or ourselves. And it would be even more ungrateful to refuse to use the soap that cleanses our souls, the Sacrament of Confession, when Jesus paid his very last drop of blood in order for it to wash away our sins.

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For More Information, contact
Rigoberto Vega
campus@saintaugustinechurch.org
305-661-1648

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