The future of the sacrament of penance
By: Frank O'Loughlin.
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780809145560
Subjects: Penance -- History; Confession -- Catholic Church; Reconciliation -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Description: There is no doubt that Jesus called his first disciples, and he calls us, to conversion. Yet the sacrament of conversion - the sacrament of penance - has fallen on hard times over decades. There is a much diminished use of the sacrament, and frequent reports of dissatisfaction with the experience of it on the part of both penitents and confessors. Reversing this trend would seem to require a changed mentality. The author of this book aims to equip us for just such a change.
Table of contents: title: The history of the sacrament of penance; title: Towards a theology of the sacrament of penance.