The Mass Explained: I Confess

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

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🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

When we publicly acknowledge our sins in front of God and others at Mass, we are reminded that our personal sin affects the body of Christ. Today, Dr. Sri breaks down the purpose and meaning behind the Confiteor prayer we recite during the penitential act of the Mass.

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By publicly acknowledging our sins in front of God and others during Mass, we recall that our sins are personal but not private, for every sin wounds the body of Christ.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic where real faith meets real life.
0:07.8	Do you ever have an unexpected guess suddenly show up at your house?
0:17.8	You know, a friend of yours calls and says, hey, I'm in the area.
0:19.9	I like to stop by, I haven't seen you in a while, and you're thrilled you want to see
0:23.6	your friend, but now you only have 30 minutes to get your house ready.
0:27.9	I don't know about you, but in the three households, we're scrambling.
0:30.4	All the kids are rallying together, but the toys way, their shoes away, clean up the kitchen
0:34.6	because we want to make a nice place, a nice place for us to visit together.
0:38.2	We want to honor our guest.
0:39.7	We want to welcome our guest.
0:41.6	My question for you is, do you get your house ready to welcome God, your spiritual house
0:47.4	ready, your soul to welcome him in prayer, but most especially in the mass.
0:53.7	I think sometimes people think, well, I'm going to mass and I can just show up.
0:57.4	You know, and I drive there, I get there, I fulfill the obligation, but did you prepare
1:02.6	your heart?
1:03.6	Did you get your spiritual house in order?
1:06.3	Because in mass, we're getting ready to welcome a most treasured guest, a most honored
1:12.1	guest, Jesus.
1:13.1	Jesus is coming to speak to us.
1:15.2	Really, he's coming to talk to us in the liturgy of the Word.
1:18.0	Those are inspired words from Almighty God.
1:21.6	God is coming to say a word to us to encourage us to challenge us.
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