Day 201: The Confessor’s Role
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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The Power of the Priest
Christie: Jesus is the one who heals at every mass. He's the actor, but he's acting to the ministry of the priest. When I say I absolve you of all your sins in the name of the Father, Son of Holy Spirit, Jesus forgives through me just like he has healed others through you. You're not claiming that power on your own, but you're saying that God heals through you in the same way. Christie: This is an incredible gift that God has given to the apostles, passed on to their successors, the bishops and by extension, as we heard today in paragraph 1462,. We'll talk more about that when it gets to the sacrament of
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