Episode Transcript
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Brothers and sisters, Lent is a season
of confessing our sins.
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In my view, it is a good time to make
use of the Sacrament of Penance.
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I put to you that Penance renews
our friendship with Christ.
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A name used for the Sacrament
of Penance is Reconciliation.
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The word suggests that sin has
a distancing effect.
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It makes me a stranger to the Father,
Son and Holy Spirit.
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By sin, I put myself on distant terms
with God, the author of life.
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Penance, by contrast, has a
reconciling effect.
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In the Gospel, Christ raised
Lazarus from the dead.
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Lazarus had two sisters, Martha
and Mary of Bethany.
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The siblings Martha, Mary and Lazarus
were not strangers to Jesus but friends.
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Therefore, let the friends of Christ confess their
sins and renew their friendship with Him.
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So that, like Martha, Mary and Lazarus, they may
receive divine favours, even resurrection.
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Brothers and sisters, let us confess
our sins this Lent.
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Reconciliation renews our
friendship with Christ,
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to whom be glory and honour
for ever and ever. Amen.
