Sakrament pokuty źródłem nowej ewangelizacji

Abstract

The sacraments of healing (penance, anointing of the sick) – like the remaining sacraments – are a source of new Evangelisation. The essential task of the Church is to preach and perform the reconciliation, for the Church was entrusted with the “words of reconciliation”, and it received the power of holding „the ministry of reconciliation” The Church, as a fellowship of the faithful, participates in preaching – basic for the Bible – the message of reconciliation, an essential element of the message of the new Evangelisation. It is also the whole Church that participates in the work of reconciling sinners with God and the Church through the experience of mercy – the truth that God’s love is greater than human sin. The work of the new Evangelisation is a testimony of the sinner who repents, who through his acts of penitence confesses his faith, hope, and love.