VII. The Acts of the Penitent

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

Whoever confesses his sins . .
. is already working with God. God indicts your sins; if you also indict them,
you are joined with God. Man and sinner are, so to speak, two realities: when
you hear “man” – this is what God has made; when you hear
“sinner” – this is what man himself has made. Destroy what you have
made, so that God may save what he has made …. When you begin to abhor what
you have made, it is then that your good works are beginning, since you are
accusing yourself of your evil works. the beginning of good works is the
confession of evil works. You do the truth and come to the light.⁶¹

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
    - VII. The Acts of the Penitent

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team