Fr. Patrick Briscoe, OP on Reasons to Begin Advent with a Good Confession

"Advent opens the Church's liturgical calendar. The First Sunday of Advent sets the cycle in motion, beginning a new year. Pope Benedict XVI writes, 'The first Sunday of Advent, the Church begins a new Liturgical Year, a new journey of faith that on the one hand commemorates the event of Jesus Christ and, on the other, opens to its ultimate fulfilment.'

"Every confession is a fresh beginning, a new start. As the prophet Isaiah puts it, 'Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow.'

"In confession Christ wipes away our sins, opening the door to new life with him."

In a recent commentary, Father Patrick Briscoe, O.P., reflected on a number of reasons why one should start observing the season of Advent with the sacrament of Reconciliation.

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Aleteia: Fr. Patrick Briscoe, OP: 6 Reasons to start Advent with a good confession (28 NOV 21)