“He who confesses his sins freely receives pardon from the priest by virtue of the grace of Christ.”

                                             ~St. Athanasius

For Reflection:

What most holds me back from confessing my sins “freely” to the priest who hears my confession “in the person of Jesus?” Am I willing to bring this defect to the sacrament for healing?

A Year with Mary: Daily Meditations on the Mother of God
NEW! by Paul Thigpen; 388 pgs
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              Introduction

…as an adult convert to the Catholic faith, I found the mother of Jesus to be more than a mystery; she was a perplexity–or perhaps I should say that traditional Catholic devotion to her puzzled me. Coming from a Christian tradition that was rightly zealous, and jealous, for the honor of her Son, and suspicious of anything that seemed to eclipse His glory, I entered the Church with questions about how best to understand her and, more importantly, how to relate to her.