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St. Catherine Laboure, St. Joan of Arc and Our Lady of Prompt Succor

     Today we must learn once more how to acknowledge guilt, we must shake off the illusion of being innocent.  We must learn how to do penance, to let ourselves be transformed; to reach out to the other and to let God give us the courage and strength for this renewal.  Today, in this world of ours, we need to rediscover the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.  The fact that it has largely disappeared from the daily life and habits of Christians is a symptom of a loss of truthfulness with regard both to ourselves and to God; a loss that endangers our humanity and diminishes our capacity for peace.

Pope Benedict XVI - December 21, 2009
Christmas Address to the Roman Curia