IX. The Effects of This Sacrament

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

1470
In this sacrament, the sinner, placing himself before the merciful judgment of
God, anticipates in a certain way the judgment to which he will be subjected at
the end of his earthly life. For it is now, in this life, that we are offered
the choice between life and death, and it is only by the road of conversion
that we can enter the Kingdom, from which one is excluded by grave
sin.⁷⁹ In converting to Christ through penance and faith, the sinner
passes from death to life and “does not come into judgment.”⁸⁰

PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY

SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
- CHAPTER TWO THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
  - Article 4 THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
    - IX. The Effects of This Sacrament

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team