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How to Make a Good Confession

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Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
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Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
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Knowing how to make a good Confession can be intimidating, but with Fr. John Kane’s book How to Make a Good Confession, you can learn to make the most effective possible use of the Sacrament of Reconciliation and carry its grace into your daily life.

This down-to-earth, practical guide shows you how to transform a difficult situation into an opportunity for mercy and love. Fr. Kane helps you learn how to recognize and name yours sins, walk through an examination of conscience, articulate your sins honestly before the priest, practice contrition and receive absolution with contrition and humility so that you can grasp the Lord’s great gift which is activated by confession. You will also learn where and when confession is rightly celebrated and what spiritual preparations may be necessary before confession.

Even better, this book walks you through how to live out God’s mercy after confession - helping you start consistently winning your battles against sin. With engaging illustrations and clear guidance from Father Kane throughout the book, How to Make a Good Confession is the perfect companion for anyone seeking to enliven their faith.

Get Fr. Kane's help and learn:

• Learn how to make a good confession and have a clean conscience
• Get tips and advice from a professional priest
• Drive sin out of your soul and become closer to God
• Understand why sinners are punished and saints are forgiven
• Learn about the characteristics of a truly forgiven sinner
• Gain insight into your own past sins and how they can help you today
• Find true repentance and its counterfeits with ease
• Discover how to tell whether you're really sorry for your sins or not
• Embrace the embarrassment of going to confession and see the benefits it has for you
• Understand the heavy price of sin and why it's worse than you think

    Editorial Reviews

    Fr. George William Rutler
    "It is a great thing to make a good confession, and this is a good book about how to do it."

    Patrick Madrid
    "This magnificent handbook helps you deepen your repentance and make it lasting. Don't go to Confession without it!"

    Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.
    "Teaches us not only how to go to Confession, but also how to stir up sentiments of repentance and purpose of amendment that are necessary to receive the sacrament fruitfully. Worth reading again and again."

    Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P.
    "Can help a person get into the salutary habit of a regular celebration of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation."

    Fr. Mitchell Pacwa, S.J.
    "A marvelous book. Can provide spiritual nourishment throughout the whole process of repentance, confession, and spiritual growth."

    Fr. Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R.
    "A welcome blessing. It offers a fine examination of conscience, ideally presented to meet today's needs."

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    Bea Osorno
    HOW TO MAKE A GOOD CONFESSION

    Great book, at 72, I think that this is the first time I go to Confession with true repentance. After reading HOW TO MAKE A GOOD CONFESSION, I went to the confessional confident of making the best Confession of my life.

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    Katie K
    Excellent Examination of Conscience

    Good overall. Excellent Examination of Conscience if you’re working on failings & omissions rather than needing a comprehensive list of mortal sins. The language was a little tiresome; not as concise as saints’ writings from earlier times and with needless embellishment as modern churchmen commonly write. I read this book a chapter at a time during my weekly Holy Hour. I think it was helpful to break between each topic.

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    VincentF
    an important supplement for your sacramental life

    Whether you're a frequent confession goer or haven't gone to Confession in years, Fr. Kane effectively maps out what is spiritually going on within you -- what that feels like and what your soul is actually going through. Fr. Kane talks about the pitfalls of going to confession very rarely, but at the same time the threats to avoid when you go to confession frequently. They provide an incredibly robust list of questions to ask yourself for a thorough examination of conscience. This alone was worth the price of the book! Tackle those questions, work on tackling them better, and dollars to donuts, you will become a saint!

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