1. Jesus’ Work of Healing Chapter 16

2. Our Need for God’s Forgiveness  Everyone needs __________ and everyone needs to ________  God is always ready to ________ us when we sin  Sin is freely _________ to do or say what we know is against God’s will and is also freely choosing to not do or say what we know is God’s _______  Sin shows ___________ to God  When we sin, we offend ________ and harm other people and the community of the _________  When we sin, we harm, or hurt, the person God _________ us to be and we wound our human _________  The __________ ___________ invites us to ask for and accept God’s forgiveness and helps us to _________ our ways to live more like ____________ of God  We need God’s help, or ___________, not to sin again

3. The Sacrament of Reconciliation  After his __________, Jesus appeared to his disciples and gave them the authority to ________  He said: “________ be with you. As the ________ sent me, so I send you. And when he had said this, he _________ on them and said to them, ‘Receive the ________ _________. Whose sins you _________ are forgiven them, and whose sins you __________ are retained.’” John 20:21-23  ________ gave us the Sacrament of Reconciliation, or Penance  Through this sacrament we receive both God’s __________ for the sins we commit after _________ and his grace to overcome ___________ and not to sin again

4. Celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation  In the Sacrament of Reconciliation, _________ and ________ speak in the name of Jesus  Through the words of the bishop or priest and the power of the ______ ________, our sins are forgiven  We are ___________, or made friends again, with God and the __________  We can celebrate the sacrament ________ with a priest or we can gather as a ___________ and celebrate the sacrament

5. The Rite of Reconciliation  Confession of sins: We meet individually with a priest and confess, or ___________, our sins to him  Contrition for sins: We pray an act of contrition. We express our sorrow for having _________ God and being truly sorry for our sins means we do not want to sin again. We must cooperate with the _______ ________ to change the way we live  Penance: The priest gives us a penance and may ask us to say a _______ or do an act of __________. Accepting and doing our penance shows we are truly sorry and that we want to make up for the ________ caused by our sins  Absolution: Absolution is the ____________ that the priest speaks in the name of God. When the priest says “I absolve you,” __________ speaks through him and you are _______ from your sins

6. Forgiving Others  As God forgives us, we too are to forgive _____ those who sin against us  We need to learn ways to ______ for forgiveness and to forgive ________  We when are forgiven we receive the gift of _________ and when we forgive we bring healing to ________  Jesus taught us that we must forgive others as ___________ as God forgives us  It is not enough that we are forgiven; we must _________ other people too  We must treat _________ the same way we ask God to treat ______

7. The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick 1.In what two ways did Jesus heal people who were sick when performing his miracles? 2.Through the Anointing of the Sick, Christ continues his ___________ work among the sick 3.Union with Jesus will allow the sick to find what three things? 4.What are the three main parts of the rite of Anointing of the Sick? 5.Name the two prayers the priest or bishops says while anointing the sick individual

8. The Sacrament of Reconciliation 1.What two things do we believe we receive through the Sacrament of Reconciliation? (p. 201) 2.It is through the words of the ____________ and the power of the _______ ________ that sins are forgiven 3.What does it mean to be “truly sorry for our sins”? We must cooperate with the ______ __________ to change the way we live 4.What two examples of penance are given in the book? 5.Who is absolving you of your sins in reconciliation?