Brother Hermenegild Tosf

Catechism for First Confession and for First Communicants Brother Hermenegild Tosf

This work commences: QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BY A CHILD BEFORE ADMITTED TO FIRST CONFESSION. QUESTION. What is the use of going to confession? ANSWER. To obtain the pardon of my sins. Q. Who will forgive your sins? A. God Almighty. Q. Whom has he appointed to forgive you? A. The priest. Q. What kind of confession must you make, that your sins may be forgiven you? A. A good confession. (My dear child, as you could not make a good confession, nor benefit by any Sacrament, Baptism excepted, without knowing the principal mysteries of your religion, I must ask you: Q. What is meant by a mystery? A. A divine truth which we cannot understand. ? The instructor is told: On each day of examination in the above Catechism, enlarge on some one point, and only on one. Let your words be few and very simple, in the form of familiar conversation. ...