#AskFatherFriday - April Seventeenth: LiveStream Penance Service & Divine Mercy Novena

Laura asks about if it is possible to do a penance service online and Jean asks if it's too late to start the Divine Mercy Novena (when it's supposed to start on a certain day in the Octave).

Question One

"Is there a way to do a penance service and live screen it and give a general absolution to all who watch and are genuinely repentant? I know this has been done in wartime and this is an invisible war!" - Laura

Question Two

"Is it too late to start the Divine Mercy Novena?" - Jean

 

Perfect Contrition–With the increasing difficulty for individuals to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation due to the current health crisis, the faithful of the Diocese of Scranton are reminded that by having perfect contrition one can receive the forgiveness of sins, apart from going to confession.  Perfect contrition requires the following three things:

• A love of God above all else
• A sincere desire for the forgiveness from sin
• The resolution to go to confession as soon as possible when this health crisis subsides.