"Let us remember that God never tires of forgiving us, and for our part, let us never tire of asking him for forgiveness!".
This is the Pope's recommendation to the members of the XXXIV Course on the Internal Forum promoted by the Apostolic Penitentiary.
"The task entrusted to you in the confessional - explains the Pope in the delivered and unread speech - is beautiful and crucial, because it allows you to help many brothers and sisters experience the sweetness of God's love. I encourage you, therefore, to live every confession as a unique and unrepeatable moment of grace, and to generously give the Lord's forgiveness, with affability, paternity and I dare say even maternal restraint".
This afternoon, Pope Francis will preside at the penitential liturgy in a Roman parish as part of the "24 Hours for the Lord" initiative and will himself confess some of the faithful.
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