RECONCILIATION shows us Christ reaching out to us to heal of the self-centered choices we've made that have placed us over and against the good of ourselves, others, or the community at large.

Just as he forgave the repentant thief, he also forgives us.

Just as he sat with tax collectors and prostitutes, he never runs from us in our worst moments. He doesn't want to coddle us. He wants to heal us, i.e. to draw us away from self-defeating preoccupations to self-enhancing service.

Far from whitewashing our guilt, he wants to challenge us to leave our guilt behind and to embrace what is best in our hearts. This is what reconciliation does, by bringing us back to him through the forgiveness offered through the priest, Christ brings us back to the challenges of living our discipleship in a community of disciples

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Sacrament of Reconciliation is offered each Saturday from 1:00-2:00 pm

Archdocese of Newark

The Roman Catholic Church of St.Anne