Due to Covid-19, confessions will be heard outdoors on Saturdays from 4:00- 5:00 PM
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church
Saturdays from 4:00-5:15 pm
By Appointment (Call 717-272-5674)
Our Lady of Fatima Mission
By Appointment (Call 717-272-5674)
First Penance : A two-year sacramental preparation process that begins in the first grade and culminates in the celebration of First Penance and First Holy Communion in the second grade.
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Penance in the Catholic Church
“Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God’s mercy for the offense committed against him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their conversion.”
Not only does it [the Sacrament of Penance] free us from our sins but it also challenges us to have the same kind of compassion and forgiveness for those who sin against us. We are liberated to be forgivers. We obtain new insight into the words of the Prayer of St. Francis: “It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.”
Jesus entrusted the ministry of reconciliation to the Church. The Sacrament of Penance is God’s gift to us so that any sin committed after Baptism can be forgiven. In confession we have the opportunity to repent and recover the grace of friendship with God. It is a holy moment in which we place ourselves in his presence and honestly acknowledge our sins, especially mortal sins. With absolution, we are reconciled to God and the Church. The Sacrament helps us stay close to the truth that we cannot live without God. “In him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28).
