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The Baltimore Catechism No. 1
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      • Lesson 1: On The End of Man
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      • Lesson 3: On The Unity & Trinity of God
      • Lesson 4: On The Angels & Our First Parents
      • Lesson 5: On Sin & Its Kind
      • Lesson 6: On The Incarnation & Redemption
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      • Lesson 8: On The Holy Ghost & His Decent Upon The Apostles
      • Lesson 9: On The Effects Of The Redemption
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      • Lesson 11: On The Sacrements In General
      • Lesson 12: On Baptism
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        Lesson 14: On The Sacrement of Penance
      • Lesson 15: On Contrition
      • Lesson 16: On Confession
      • Lesson 17: On Indulgence
      • Lesson 18: On The Holy Eucharist
      • Lesson 19: On The Ends For Which The Holy Eucharist was Institued
      • Lesson 20: On The Sacrifice Of The Mass
      • Lesson 21: On Extreme Unction & Holy Orders
      • Lesson 22: On Matrimony
      • Lesson 23: On The Sacramentals
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Lesson 14: On The Sacrement of Penance
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Lesson 14: On The Sacrement of Penance

Q. 187. What is the Sacrament of Penance?


A. Penance is a Sacrament in which the sins committed after Baptism are forgiven.

Q. 191. What must we do to receive the Sacrament of Penance worthily?


A. To receive the Sacrament of Penance worthily we must do five things: 1. We must examine our conscience. 2. We must have sorrow for our sins. 3. We must make a firm resolution never more to offend God. 4. We must confess our sins to the priest. 5. We must accept the penance which the priest gives us.

Q. 192. What is the examination of conscience?


A. The examination of conscience is an earnest effort to recall to mind all the sins we have committed since our last worthy confession.
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