{"id":149,"date":"2022-04-21T17:12:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymetamora.diocesanweb.org\/church\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2026-03-03T20:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:37:38","slug":"reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/sacraments\/reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>The Lord never tires of forgiving. It is we who tire of asking for forgiveness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<cite>Pope Francis<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jon-tyson-1275172-unsplash-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jon-tyson-1275172-unsplash-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jon-tyson-1275172-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jon-tyson-1275172-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jon-tyson-1275172-unsplash-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jon-tyson-1275172-unsplash-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/jon-tyson-1275172-unsplash-1500x999.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Saint Padre Pio encourages us to regular confession more than twice a year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The peace of mind and soul which this sacrament imparts to us is one for which there is no substitute. It is a peace that flows from a certainty, rather than from an unsure hope, that our sins have been forgiven and that we are right with God. A good Catholic examination of conscience can be great help in making a new start in the life of faith. Make an act of contrition daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Reconciliation is part of the First Communion preparation program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Confession times: 20 minutes before Mass on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, Saturday from 3:00 p.m. &#8211; 3:45 p.m., or by appointment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lenten Confession Times:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fridays, February 20-March 27:  4:30pm-4:55pm before Stations of the Cross<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday, March 25: 6:30pm-8:00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday, March 28:  2:00pm-3:45pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday, April 1:  12noon-1:00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lord never tires of forgiving. It is we who tire of asking for forgiveness. Pope Francis Saint Padre Pio encourages us to regular confession more than twice a year The peace of mind and soul which this sacrament imparts to us is one for which there is no substitute.\u2026<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/sacraments\/reconciliation\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&nbsp;><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":112,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-149","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1302,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions\/1302"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}