RECONCILIATION - A FRESH START
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QUESTIONS
What are the other two synonyms for Reconciliation?
What is Sin? What is the hint that is in the word ‘sin’?
How does a cut on your skin resemble a sin?
What are the platelets in your cells analogous to in the spiritual life?
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How would Jewish people at the time of Jesus have their sins forgiven?
Can you name an animal that would be used in sacrificial atonement?
What did blood represent?
Why did Jesus overturn the moneychangers’ tables and let the animals go free?
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Can you name any of the Ten Commandments?
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If you had to divide the ten commandments into two categories, what would they
be? Hint: has to do with love.
How can you follow all of the commandments in the Bible?
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What are the commandments Jesus gives in his sermon on the Mount called?
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How are they different from the Ten Commandments?
How do we become disciples of Christ?
What sin does baptism forgive?
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What story does Jesus share with us about God’s immense forgiveness of us all?
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Who do the various characters represent?
Father
Older Son
Younger Son
What is the most important aspect of the encounter with the Father when the
younger son returns?
What does the inheritance symbolize? Do we treasure that inheritance ourselves?
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Why did Jesus die on the cross?
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Of what does Jesus’ shedding of his blood on the cross remind us?
After our baptism, how are our sins forgiven? (two answers!)
In the sacrament of reconciliation, what sins do we have to confess?
Can the priest tell anyone your sins?
Does God hold you accountable for the sins you have committed after you confess them?
Can you remember any of the steps of reconciliation?
Try to learn them before you go for the first time.