Praise God!!! This is the TRUTH that sets us free… Freedom from self & life in Him, through Him, for Him. Not an easy task, impossible in fact without Him… one I daily fail at but that I pray I never stop praying for & moving toward more of Him and less of me! This is good… He is using you! Thank you for letting Him!!! Thank you for saying the hard things… the hard truth. 🩷🤗🙏🏼
Catholicism (God’s created universal church) has the answer to this in the sacrament of confession. The sacrament of confession allows you to take your sins to God through a priest, but the important part of confession is true contrition of the soul. You must vow to not sin in the same way again, and the priest offers you penance. All of our sins will be forgiven venial sins and mortal sins, but penance is an important part of this spiritual cleansing. The priest depending on your sins will give you a penance to carry out. Also, the cleanse your soul can be helped by doing corporal works of mercy which help you heal your soul and be the hands and heart of Jesus on earth.
I struggled so much with my sins before coming to the Catholic Church. Now, I feel peace with my soul, and I know my sins are forgiven. I know some sins (mortal sins) that are forever on my soul while forgiven I will have to on my judgement day still need to be cleansed of in purgatory to be made clean enough to be in the eternal glory of God. However, because God sacrificed his only begotten son, Jesus Christ. I, a sinner, will one day be able to join in the heavenly glory. I take every opportunity to preform a corporal works of mercy or plenary indulgence.
I pray and think of you often Mikayla. I pray for your conversion and that your family will come to the one true universal Church. 🙏 God bless you.
We do not come to the Catholic Church, nor a priest. Nor is our Hope in purgatory. We come to the great High-Priest: Jesus Christ our risen Lord. He alone forgives sin. He alone is our mediator. He alone gives joy, peace, comfort and rest when we come as the beggars we are in need of rescuing from ourselves.
What’s interesting to me is that people who followed a false prophet? Calvin, Martin Luther, Henry the 8th, etc.
How do you believe in their teachings, or worse still another break after a break from the original protestation against Catholicism? Especially, since we know now these men were not holy men. It baffles me. Seriously, I think of it often, I understand people in the time falling for the temptations of the devil, but if you look into the history of the Protestant churches it is shocking.
15Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit. 19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire. 20Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
I was Protestant (Baptist, non-denomination, Nazareth, Church on the Rock, Church of Christ) before I converted, and the TRUTH is that God, Jesus Christ founded the Catholic Church through his apostles. That the Catholic churches formed after is truly a universal message across the world (and very much the reason for my conversion as I was hearing the same message in Taiwan as my now Husband was in Lubbock, TX). What other church can claim this! Once you find the truth it is beautiful and deep and you are never left without answers, because thousands of years of saints have dedicated their lives in poverty, sacrifice, suffering, and most of all love for us to have this knowledge of our Lord.
I pray for the conversion of all the faithful who have been lead astray that they may find their rightful home and pasture in the flock of our lord, established by Jesus Christ, his universal church. 🙏
@ashley During his life, Christ forgave sins, as in the case of the woman caught in adultery (John 8:1–11) and the woman who anointed his feet (Luke 7:48). He exercised this power in his human capacity as the Messiah or Son of man, telling us, “the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins” (Matt. 9:6), which is why the Gospel writer himself explains that God “had given such authority to men” (Matt. 9:8).
Since he would not always be with the Church visibly, Christ gave this power to other men so the Church, which is the continuation of his presence throughout time (Matt. 28:20), would be able to offer forgiveness to future generations. He gave his power to the apostles, and it was a power that could be passed on to their successors and agents, since the apostles wouldn’t always be on earth either, but people would still be sinning.
God had sent Jesus to forgive sins, but after his resurrection Jesus told the apostles, “‘As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained’” (John 20:21–23).
🩷 stung but it needed to.
Praise God!!! This is the TRUTH that sets us free… Freedom from self & life in Him, through Him, for Him. Not an easy task, impossible in fact without Him… one I daily fail at but that I pray I never stop praying for & moving toward more of Him and less of me! This is good… He is using you! Thank you for letting Him!!! Thank you for saying the hard things… the hard truth. 🩷🤗🙏🏼
Wow…. This is excellent, and fitting for all of us! Well said. Well said.
Catholicism (God’s created universal church) has the answer to this in the sacrament of confession. The sacrament of confession allows you to take your sins to God through a priest, but the important part of confession is true contrition of the soul. You must vow to not sin in the same way again, and the priest offers you penance. All of our sins will be forgiven venial sins and mortal sins, but penance is an important part of this spiritual cleansing. The priest depending on your sins will give you a penance to carry out. Also, the cleanse your soul can be helped by doing corporal works of mercy which help you heal your soul and be the hands and heart of Jesus on earth.
I struggled so much with my sins before coming to the Catholic Church. Now, I feel peace with my soul, and I know my sins are forgiven. I know some sins (mortal sins) that are forever on my soul while forgiven I will have to on my judgement day still need to be cleansed of in purgatory to be made clean enough to be in the eternal glory of God. However, because God sacrificed his only begotten son, Jesus Christ. I, a sinner, will one day be able to join in the heavenly glory. I take every opportunity to preform a corporal works of mercy or plenary indulgence.
I pray and think of you often Mikayla. I pray for your conversion and that your family will come to the one true universal Church. 🙏 God bless you.
https://dio.org/catholic-times/purgatory-finally-understand-one-of-the-churchs-most-misunderstood-teachings/
We do not come to the Catholic Church, nor a priest. Nor is our Hope in purgatory. We come to the great High-Priest: Jesus Christ our risen Lord. He alone forgives sin. He alone is our mediator. He alone gives joy, peace, comfort and rest when we come as the beggars we are in need of rescuing from ourselves.
What’s interesting to me is that people who followed a false prophet? Calvin, Martin Luther, Henry the 8th, etc.
How do you believe in their teachings, or worse still another break after a break from the original protestation against Catholicism? Especially, since we know now these men were not holy men. It baffles me. Seriously, I think of it often, I understand people in the time falling for the temptations of the devil, but if you look into the history of the Protestant churches it is shocking.
15Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit. 19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire. 20Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
I was Protestant (Baptist, non-denomination, Nazareth, Church on the Rock, Church of Christ) before I converted, and the TRUTH is that God, Jesus Christ founded the Catholic Church through his apostles. That the Catholic churches formed after is truly a universal message across the world (and very much the reason for my conversion as I was hearing the same message in Taiwan as my now Husband was in Lubbock, TX). What other church can claim this! Once you find the truth it is beautiful and deep and you are never left without answers, because thousands of years of saints have dedicated their lives in poverty, sacrifice, suffering, and most of all love for us to have this knowledge of our Lord.
I pray for the conversion of all the faithful who have been lead astray that they may find their rightful home and pasture in the flock of our lord, established by Jesus Christ, his universal church. 🙏
Only Christ Jesus can forgive sins.
@ashley During his life, Christ forgave sins, as in the case of the woman caught in adultery (John 8:1–11) and the woman who anointed his feet (Luke 7:48). He exercised this power in his human capacity as the Messiah or Son of man, telling us, “the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins” (Matt. 9:6), which is why the Gospel writer himself explains that God “had given such authority to men” (Matt. 9:8).
Since he would not always be with the Church visibly, Christ gave this power to other men so the Church, which is the continuation of his presence throughout time (Matt. 28:20), would be able to offer forgiveness to future generations. He gave his power to the apostles, and it was a power that could be passed on to their successors and agents, since the apostles wouldn’t always be on earth either, but people would still be sinning.
God had sent Jesus to forgive sins, but after his resurrection Jesus told the apostles, “‘As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained’” (John 20:21–23).
May God and the Most Holy Theotokos send blessings, relief and comfort to your whole family