Repentance from Latin conveys a sense of
regret, sorrow, grief, or remorse.
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The Greek word metanoia
- means a turning; literally in Greek the word means to change one's mind.
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Teshuvah -is the ten-day period of repentance, a return to
the Lord, before the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. **********
Christ's redemptive death inaugurates the New
Creation.
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Thank God for
the Cross of Christ and his continued mercy through the Sacraments of conversion
(reconciliation) and redemption (the Eucharist)! **********
We must have faith in Christ, hope that we accept the grace necessary
to obtain salvation, and live a life of Love (I Corinthians 13).
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"The Spirit
gives life" (2 Corinthians 3:6);
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Therefore, may we all live the
Fruit of the Spirit, as described in Galatians 5:22-23, "love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control," on our own road of conversion to Christ.
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