The real question with which I am confronted when I approach the sacrament of penance is whether I believe that Christ speaks the truth when he says that whatever the Church shall loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. (firstthings.com)
But they are leading lives of such spiritual incoherence that their own integrity should compel them to seek reconciliation through the sacrament of penance, and to do so before affirming a fuller communion with the Church than they in fact enjoy by receiving Holy Communion during Mass.. (firstthings.com)
In «Felix Randal,» the sacraments of penance and last rites are as physical as the farrier's old labor and the illness that ends it. (firstthings.com)