Before the Cross | Confession paves way to curing our soul's sickness

Submitted on March 08, 2011

Archbishop Robert J. Carlson

Archbishop Robert J. Carlson presented Maria Cantalin, 13, of St. Raphael the Archangel School with the Mary the First Disciple Scouting award during a prayer service March 6 for Presentation Sunday at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. More that 1,200 Girls Scouts and Brownies were recognized with religious awards.

Jerry Naunheim Jr.

Last year during the season of Lent, I wrote several articles on the importance of the Sacrament of Penance. I invited every Catholic in our archdiocese to make Lent a time of spiritual healing, especially by the reception of the Sacrament of Penance. Spiritual health comes when we recognize that we are inwardly divided and that we need God's grace to make us whole. It comes when we confess our sins, when we open ourselves to the healing power of God's grace, and when we let Jesus absolve us from our sins so that we can begin anew.