Fun Facts on Penance
Did you know?
- There are four necessary elements to the Sacrament of Penance, they are contrition, absolution, confession, and penance.
- It's only necessary to confess mortal sins once a year because venial sins are forgiven by receiving the Eucharist and saying the Confiteor.
- Less than 2% of Catholics attend Penance on a monthly basis.
- Indulgences are good things we do to begin the purification process to lessen the "time" spend in purgatory.
- Confession back in the early years of the Church, Penance was done in public but only mortal sins were confessed.
- Irish monks created Penance as we know it today, privately.