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Forgiveness     Christ Jesus some two thousand years past came into this world to bringredemption for our sins. He did this through his death and resurrection, or whatwe refer to as the pascal mystery. We still encounter the saving presence of the professional in the solemnitys and in the Word. In each and every sacrament we mystify faceto face with "the grace of God our Savior" (Titus 211). It is this redemptionof sins sight of the sacraments that I will be examine. In the past couple ofcentury we have focused are attention primarily on the Sacrament of self-mortification asthe means to obtain gentleness of sins after Baptism. We have come to focus onit so much that it has come to be, for most Catholics, understood as the onlysacrament though which forgiveness of sins is obtained. This belief as we willsee is an incorrect understanding because we encounter the saving presence ofthe Lord in other sacraments and ways not only in the Sacrament of Pena nce.However the Sacrament of Penance is always to be understood as the primarysacrament for forgiveness of mortal sins after Baptism.To better understand how this can be let us first look at the generalbackground of the schooling of the Sacrament of Penance. The Sacrament ofPenance has its roots even as far back as the day of resurrection when Christbreathed out the spirit on the disciples and said to them, Receive the HolySpirit. If you forgive anyones sins, they are forgiven if you retain anyonessins, they are retained. (John 2022-23). In Pauls second letter to theCorinthians we see Paul developing this teaching of Christ, when he says Allthis is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us theministry of atonement that is, God was in Christ reconciling the world tohimself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the pass on of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making hisappeal through us. We beseech you...be reco nciled to God. For our sake he madehim to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousnessof God( 2 Cor. 518-21). These two passages would seem to be part of thesacraments biblical foundation. The sacrament itself would seem to have comeabout as a result of the early Churchs struggle to recognize that Baptism mayforgive sin but it didnt end the str... ... aform of reconciliation that reconciles the sinner with the whole Body of Christ,the Church. It would seem to me sense the early Church did not see all sins asneeding the Sacrament of Penance there is no reason not to belief that venialsins are forgiven in other sacraments and rituals. We even have proof thatsaints such as St. Benedict and St. Augustine held that we could findforgiveness in other ways then just that of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.BibliographyDudley, Martin Confession and Absolution 1990, The Liturgical bundle (243.4,D848).Hamelin, Leonce Reconciliation in the Church 1980, The Liturgica l Press (243.4,H213).Jeep, Elizabeth The Rite of Penance Commentaries Volume Two, Implementing theRite 1976, The Liturgical Conference (243.4, L782r v.2).Keifer, Ralph The Rite of Penance Commentaries Volume One, Understanding theDocument 1975, The Liturgical Conference (243.4, L782r v.1).Longley, Alfred Healing and Forgiveness, A New Penitential 1976, World LibraryPublications Inc. (243.4, L856)Mitchell, Nathan, OSB The Rite of Penance Commentaries Volume Three,Background and Directions 1978, The Liturgical Conference (243.4, L782r v.3).