Penance and Reconciliation
Is God the center of my life? Do I understand my fundamental need for God, on account of my sin? Do I really embrace God's saving love and strive to live by it? This often misunderstood Sacrament is truly an encounter with the profound mercy and love of God, which encourages us to see our lives as God sees them, to accept healing, and to work to repair the broken relationships and do good in the example of Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit--we cannot do this alone, and so we turn to God and our brothers and sisters in Christ to see and experience the miraculous forgiveness of Jesus Christ.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available every Saturday at 3:30 pm (Except Holy Saturday) or by appointment with the priest. Please contact the parish office to arrange an appointment, or contact Fr. Steve directly.
Communal Penance Services with individual confession are available throughout the city during the seasons of Advent and Lent. Look for announcements on the upcoming communal penance services or contact the parish office for more information.
St. Thomas the Apostle hosts the Lenten communal penance service for the Billings West End, while St. Pius X hosts the Advent penance service.
Fr. Mike Schmitz from Ascension Press on making a good confession:
"Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God's mercy for the offense committed against him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their conversion."
- Catechism of the Catholic Church no. 422