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PARENTS > FIRST RECONCILIATION

Session 4: At Home This Week


Preparing to Go to Confession (even if it's been a while)

Here's a short video addressing how you can best prepare for receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation, even if it's been a while.  It was made by our friends at Busted Halo.

This video will probably be more helpful to you than to your child.

In life we all make many mistakes. Let us learn to recognize our errors and ask forgiveness.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 4, 2014

Your sins are great? Just tell the Lord: Forgive me, help me to get up again, change my heart!

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) December 2, 2013

Review

I Disobey the Rules Sometimes

In this session, we focused on how we sometimes sin and hurt ourselves and others.  
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Review the lesson with your child.  Look through the handouts with your child, asking what he or she remembers or has questions about.

Review a summary for this week >>
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Penance

Promises for the Future

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Fill in the table on the At Home This Week page to help your child understand what it means to make a promise to do better after we sin.


Parenting Tip

Beyond Saying Sorry

Even beyond the context of Reconciliation, the idea of penance is a helpful practice to encourage.  Here's a quote from How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish.
Sometimes children use "I'm sorry" as a way of placating an angry parent. They're quick to apologize and just as quick to repeat their misbehavior. It's important for these youngsters to realize that if they're genuinely sorry, their feelings of remorse should be translated into action. The repeat "offender" can be told any of the following:

"Sorry means behaving differently."

"Sorry means making changes."

"I'm glad to hear you're sorry. That's the first step. The second step is to ask yourself what can be done about it."

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