1. Encountering the Healing Christ

2.  Baptism of Tears  Sacrament of Conversion  Sacrament of Penance  Confession  Sacrament of Reconciliation

3.  Early Church-experience of conversion  Lapsis: one-time penance  Ecclesial Penance: up to 6/7 th century  Celtic Soul Friend tradition—repeatable  Revision of Rites: after Vatican II

4. Encountering the Healing Christ Jesus Source of Healing And forgiveness In relationship with us Sin is a break/diminishment Of that love relationship

5.  Emphasis upon rules/law  gives way to  Emphasis upon relationship with God,  self and others  Focus on “me”  Gives way to  Focus on the mercy and  Forgiveness of God

6.  Emphasis upon list of sins and failings  gives way to  Emphasis upon attitudes and actions  Cumulatively the movement was away from seeing sin as a solitary action to the fracture or neglect of a love relationship

7.  Morality as Law-keeping  Morality as the science of what we ought to be by reason of what we are: human  Morality as response-ability—honoring the call to authentic freedom  Morality as covenant

8.  God invites…  We become aware of God’s invitation  We make a choice/response to it  We act and through our experience we hear again an invitation from God

9. Hearing the Invitation of God Scripture Natural Law Cumulative Tradition provides a horizon for interpretation

10. circumstances Common good Natural law Revelation, pattern of Jesus

11. Fostering Imagination Providing experiences Introducing empathy Providing scriptural paradigms imitation

12.  Prayer to the Holy Spirit for wisdom  Reflect and claim how one has hurt others and hurt the bond of love with God  Sincerely desire to change  Confess your sin to a priest  Make an Act of Sorrow  Receive absolution and counsel  Accept and fulfill the penance given

13.  Gather as a family Open with a short prayer or story of forgiveness Each member of the family names how they contributed to the life of the whole and how they have hurt anyone in the family Our Father Greeting of Peace Special family dessert or treat