\u2026Regular celebration of this sacrament [of Penance and Reconciliation, alias \u201cConfession\u201d] will help you form your conscience; it will give you strength in your daily fight against sin; and it will help you to gain the full freedom that is yours as children of God. \u2026<\/p>\n
Let us remind our culture of people like Blessed Luis Magna Servin, one of our newest American blesseds, a devoted husband and father, martyred in Mexico in 1928. Facing a firing squad, he was able to speak words of forgiveness to the soldiers about to execute him: \u201cI pardon you and I promise you that on arriving in the presence of God you are the first ones I will intercede for. Viva Cristo Rey! Viva Santa Maria de Guadalupe!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u2014Abp. Gomez of San Antonio\u2019s pastoral letter on the Sacrament of Reconciliation <\/a>(via Amy Welborn b\/c I can\u2019t open PDFs on this computer, but the entire letter is here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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