While the praxis of penance involves those particulars, the concept of penance requires an understanding of the Roman Catholic view of sin. Positional reconciliation with God is accomplished through repentance and a transfer of trust to Jesus Christ. The goal of such acts of penance is to encourage practical reconciliation with God (and others, and self). The “act of penance” could include devotional practices such as Ave Maria (“Hail Mary”), or an act of charity, e.g., giving time to assist the needy. When the priest believes that such a visible sign will improve the invisible necessity, then the priest would direct the penitent to perform an act designed to prove repentance. The penitential step that follows requires the priest to judge whether an “act of penance” (a visible sign) would be helpful to seal contrition (an invisible reality). Wherever one comes down on the matter, the priest plays an indispensable part in what happens next. Defenders of the Roman Magisterium will maintain that the priestly word of forgiveness is intended to reflect God’s forgiveness to the individual through the merits of Jesus Christ. Such a confession must be followed by contrition or a genuine demonstrated sorrow for one’s sin. The confession should ordinarily be made to a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. The Sacrament of Penance begins with confession. There are significant differences between the Roman Catholic understanding of penance and the Protestant understanding of confession of sin and assurance of pardon.
Thus, penance is both a regulating means of discipleship and a judicial act of the Church to guard against unbelief. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld’” ( John 20:22-23). “And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. Thus, the singular biblical reference supporting the Sacrament of Penance is this statement of Jesus: While Roman Catholic teaching on the Sacrament of Penance includes the passages that speak to the need for turning from sin and turning to Christ, the singular issue at hand is the nature of the Church. But the question here is not about repenting, but how that is accomplished.
The Bible speaks plenty about repentance. The principal act in the exercise of this virtue is the detestation of sin, not of sin in general nor of that which others commit, but of one’s own sin.” “Penance is a supernatural moral virtue whereby the sinner is disposed to hatred of his sin as an offense against God and to a firm purpose of amendment and satisfaction. A Roman Catholic definition of the Sacrament of Penance includes the following statement from Edward J.
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