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</div> </div> <div id="titlebar" class="container" style="background-image: url('https://svsc.info/wp-content/uploads/DSC_0018B-St.-Josephs-chapel-e1610730162244.jpg');"> <div class="container grad3"> <h1>Reconciliation</h1> </div> </div> <div id="contentcontainer" class="container"> <div id="maincontent" class="grad3 container"> <article class="pad_v_20 pad_h_40"> <div class="post-2678 page type-page status-publish hentry" id="post-2678"> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile" style="grid-template-columns:60% auto"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://svsc.info/wp-content/uploads/20181129-120505-Reconciliation-WIDENED-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1277 size-full" srcset="https://svsc.info/wp-content/uploads/20181129-120505-Reconciliation-WIDENED-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://svsc.info/wp-content/uploads/20181129-120505-Reconciliation-WIDENED-300x200.jpg 300w, https://svsc.info/wp-content/uploads/20181129-120505-Reconciliation-WIDENED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://svsc.info/wp-content/uploads/20181129-120505-Reconciliation-WIDENED-370x247.jpg 370w, https://svsc.info/wp-content/uploads/20181129-120505-Reconciliation-WIDENED.jpg 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <p class="has-text-align-center" style="font-size:16px">For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And He gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.</p> <p class="has-small-font-size"><em>2 Corinthians 5:19</em></p> </div></div> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Sacrament of Reconciliation can be received at the following times:</h2> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>St. Vincent Ferrer</strong></p> <p><em>Weekdays:</em> 5:15-6 PM<br><em>Wednesday:</em> 7:15-7:55 PM<br><em>Saturday:</em> 5:15-6 PM<br><em>Sunday:</em> 7:45-8 AM, 9:10-9:30 AM,<br>11:30-NOON, 5:15-6 PM</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>St. Catherine of Siena</strong></p> <p><em>Weekdays:</em> 4:40-5:05 PM<br><em>Saturday:</em> 3-3:50</p> </div> </div> <p><strong><em>Check our website during Lent and Advent for any additional confessions times.</em></strong></p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-css-opacity has-black-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Key Things to Know</h2> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Confession is the most necessary sacrament for the baptized who have sinned mortally.</li> <li>Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent. <em>(CCC 1857)</em></li> <li>Catholics go to confession rather than only praying for forgiveness because Jesus instituted the sacrament to give the penitent sacramental surety of His forgiveness.</li> <li>One should prepare for confession by examining their conscience, sorrowing over their sins, and resolving to avoid all sins, by the grace of God.</li> <li>Priests maintain the seal of confession, that is, they cannot reveal the particular sin of a particular sinner.</li> </ul> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-css-opacity has-black-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Act of Contrition</h2> <p>My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against you whom I should love above all things. I firmly intend, with your help, to do penance, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin. Our Savior Jesus Christ suffered and died for us. In his name, my God, have mercy.</p> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="container grad2"> <div class="col-sm-4"> <h2>Church of St. Vincent Ferrer (and parish offices)</h2> <p>869 Lexington Ave.<br /> New York, NY 10065<br /> Office Hours:<br /> Monday – Friday 9 AM – 1 PM<br /> and 2 PM – 4 PM*<br /> <em>*The office closes at 1:30 PM on Fridays during the summer</em></p> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <h2>Contact Information</h2> <p>Phone: (212) 744-2080<br /> <span class="s1">Fax: (212) 327-3011<br /> </span><a href="mailto:parish@svsc.info">parish@svsc.info</a></p> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <h2>Church of St. Catherine of Siena</h2> <p class="p1">411 East 68th St.<br /> New York, NY 10065<br /> Office Hours:<br /> Monday – Friday 10 AM – 3 PM</p> </div> </div> </div> <script> ( function ( body ) { 'use strict'; body.className = body.className.replace( /\btribe-no-js\b/, 'tribe-js' ); } )( document.body ); </script> <script> /* <![CDATA[ */var tribe_l10n_datatables = {"aria":{"sort_ascending":": activate to sort column ascending","sort_descending":": activate to sort column descending"},"length_menu":"Show _MENU_ entries","empty_table":"No data available in table","info":"Showing _START_ to _END_ of _TOTAL_ entries","info_empty":"Showing 0 to 0 of 0 entries","info_filtered":"(filtered from _MAX_ total entries)","zero_records":"No matching records found","search":"Search:","all_selected_text":"All items on this page were selected. 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