the_rev Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Well what do you prefer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted March 5, 2004 Author Share Posted March 5, 2004 I personally prefer for it to be referred as Confession. what do yall think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.SIGGA Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Confession because this is what I was taught it was called when I made my first one plus the "R" word to way too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted March 5, 2004 Author Share Posted March 5, 2004 But the R one, is so long because our sins are so numerous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycatholicgirl Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Confession sounds more humbling. You have to confess your sins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted March 5, 2004 Author Share Posted March 5, 2004 I didn't vote for Reconciliation! Who did! We have to reconcile ourselves to God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IXpenguin21 Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 it can also be called "pennance" hehehe they can all be different parts of the same thing as well... the confession is you telling your sins, the penance is what you're given so you can make the "r-word" possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacobus Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Reconciliation. The scarement is about more than just confessing your sins but also inculdes the penace that you are given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermit Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 [quote name='M.SIGGA' date='Mar 5 2004, 11:24 AM'] Confession because this is what I was taught it was called when I made my first one plus the "R" word to way too long. [/quote] Took the words right out of my mouth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 I like Reconciliation because its meaning is poetic. It essentially means "to come face to face with God again", but the reason it is poetic is because the literal meaning is from [i]re-[/i]again, [i]con-[/i]with (or together), [i]cilia-[/i]eyelashes (literally "little hairs"). So, literally, it means to bring your eyelashes together with God's, that is, to look Him in the eyes, which is a thing only friends have a right to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 [quote name='Raphael' date='Mar 5 2004, 12:56 PM'] So, literally, it means to bring your eyelashes together with God's, that is, to look Him in the eyes, which is a thing only friends have a right to do.[/quote] Whoa... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confessionator741 Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 I feel that reconsiliation is what is done in confession. I think that you must confess your sins in certain instances for them to be reconciled. I do by the way LOVE your thinking about the eyelashes thing...WHOA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 I usually say Confession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted March 5, 2004 Author Share Posted March 5, 2004 Same here Colleen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebirth flame Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 i do not prefer one term over another. I just like to have my soul wiped clean and to recieve the graces of the sacrament. i think the word "confession" is cool, because you're tellin someone (God) all of the awful things you've done so that He may forgive us, no matter how unworthy we may be. "reconciliation" is cool because it means to be reconciled with God, to have our relationship that was tattered or out-of-communion with one another fixed. i don't think the name matters as much as what comes out, which is a clean and pure heart if you are truly repentant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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