{"id":338,"date":"2016-12-16T03:24:39","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T03:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/?page_id=338"},"modified":"2023-01-31T20:59:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T01:59:41","slug":"reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/sacraments\/reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/first-reconciliation-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"boy at first reconcilation\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/first-reconciliation-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/first-reconciliation-30x20.jpg 30w, https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/first-reconciliation.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Confession is a difficult sacrament for many Catholics. \u00a0It seems that the more we need it, the less we want it. \u00a0And it is only natural to be uncomfortable speaking about our moral failures. \u00a0Fortunately for all of us, God\u2019s mercy is endless, and he desperately wants to forgive us our sins, and bring us closer to Him. \u00a0Despite our nervousness or discomfort, God listens patiently through our Priest, and when he gives us the blessing of absolution, we are set free. \u00a0The joy of that freedom, washed clean, weight lifted from our shoulders, is almost indescribable.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t been to reconciliation in a while, your Priest will help you through it. \u00a0Look through the resources on this page to refresh your understanding and prepare yourself for the most amazing and fully Catholic sacrament.<br \/>\nThe Sacrament of Reconciliation is offered weekly as individual confessions, and periodically in communal celebrations of the sacrament\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/mass-and-reconciliation-schedule\/\">(Reconciliation Schedule)<\/a>\u00a0or by appointment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For children entering 2nd grade or older who would like to begin preparing for First Reconciliation, contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/people\/stacey-dorsey\/#email_form\">Stacey<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confession is a difficult sacrament for many Catholics. \u00a0It seems that the more we need it, the less we want it. \u00a0And it is only natural to be uncomfortable speaking about our moral failures. \u00a0Fortunately for all of us, God\u2019s mercy is endless, and he desperately wants to forgive us our sins, and bring us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":295,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-338","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6805,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338\/revisions\/6805"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}