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In the awareness of many faithful the sacrament of penance is but a sheer formality, if not a magical way of getting rid of sin. This attitude manifests itself in the way preparation is made for this sacrament. Quite often the major focus is on reading an examination of conscience from a book of prayers and confessing one's sins, whereas the other conditions of adequate and fruitful participation in the sacrament: penitence, contrition, resolution to amend one's life and penance are performed only on a formal level. While preparing the faithful for the sacrament of penance and reconciliation one should, therefore, speak of indirect and direct preparation. As far as the ministry of penance, one can clearly see specific conclusions and tasks. The main source of the present crisis of this sacrament may be found in reducing the whole penance practice solely to individual confession at the cost of non-sacramental forms of taking sins away. The major postulate is therefore to celebrate the liturgy of the sacrament of penance in the context of the whole penance practice of the Church. For the preparation for the sacrament of penance and reconciliation cannot be separated from the holistic context of penance as the major life attitude of everyday conversion understood here as the biblical metanoia. Moreover, the common practise of celebrating the sacrament may make one conclude that the character of penance is purely personal and that the purpose is to re-establish a correct relation between an individual and God. The reality is that a man does not live in perfect isolation from one's brothers and sisters. One's salvation takes place in a human environment. Therefore one can enumerate these most vital pastorał postulates preparing for the sacrament of penance: shaping the sensibility of the faithful to an individual and social character of sin and conversion, emphasizing the communal element in preparation for the liturgy of the sacrament of penance and understanding a confessor's involvement in shaping the social and ecclesial attitude of a penitent.
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Contemporary Rites put forward three forms of celebration of the sacrament of penance and reconciliation. The intention of Rites of penance in a renewed form was to demonstrate the nature and effect of the sacrament of penance more clearly and to show their social dimension. This is best expressed by the second way of celebration – the rite of reconciliation of many penitents with individual confession and absolution. It helps to understand better a social dimension of sin and forgiveness. In comparison to the first form – the rite of reconciliation of one penitent with individual confession and absolution – we can see how the same elements of penance which are expressed in analogues signs stress a social character of the sacrament. A communal form of the sacrament of penance seem to be underestimated and it is hard to speak about it common usage. Against a background of this reluctance and sometimes of some arbitrariness in the practice of communal penitential celebration we must stress the necessity of sacramental catechesis. Youth retreats are the opportunity to change this situation as during them this form of celebration is often applied. The Penitential Rites include nine models of penitential services and demonstrate their benefit and significance in their theological and pastoral aspects. One can observe a distinct analogy with the penitential rite for many penitents with individual confession and absolution although they are different in their nature. Youth retreats give opportunity to revive the practice of those services. It this case it is necessary to prepare the celebration well. It is particularly important to adapt the content (subjects) and form to recipients and, if possible, to involve the young in the co-creation of the celebration.
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