BENEDICT XVI: TO THE YOUNG IN SAINT PETER’S, BE READY "TO DARE LOVE" (2)

"Through Baptism – went on the Pope to the young of the diocese of Rome -, you are already born to a new life because of God’s grace", but, "since this new life has not suppressed the weakness of the human nature", you are given "the opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Confession". "Every time you do it with faith and devotion – went on Benedict XVI –, God’s love and mercy move your heart" closer "to Christ’s minister. To him you express your pain for the sins you have committed, with the firm intention not to sin ever again" and "with the willingness to receive with joy the acts of penance that he shows to you to correct the damage caused by your sins. Thus you experience forgiveness for your sins; reconciliation with the Church; the recovery, if lost, of your state of grace". "Christ – highlighted the Pope – attracts us to Him to join all of us, so that in our turn we learn to love our neighbours with the same love as His". (to be continued)