333. How do I prepare for Confession?
Consider how the Ten Commandments act as a mirror, showing us where we have sinned in our various places in life. How have you--as a husband, wife, mother, father, daughter, son, teacher, student, employer, employee, and so forth--failed to fear, love, and trust in God and love your neighbor?
2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
Note: "So any heart that feels its sinfulness and desires consolation has here a sure refuge when he hears God' Word and makes the discovery that God through a human being looses and absolves him from his sins" (BEC 14).
Note: In preparing for Confession, you may also wish to read and meditate on the penitential psalms (Psalm 6; 32; 38; 51; 102; 130; 143).
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