Youth and the sacrament of penance

Abstract

The most important task of priests today isto assure young people,who are often morally lost,hurt and who hurt themselves and people around them, that moral norms are not an unnecessary and heavy burden or a restriction  of freedom,but an honor as well as a way leading to a blessed earthly and eternal life.Priests should also assure teenagers that when we convertand begin to live according tothe Decalogue again, God does not make us any excuses, but arranges a day of reconciliation and joy,and so do we,as we put an end to God’s suffering because of us. A good confessor is someone who helps young people today discover that we are all called to holiness and that God does not act like a policeman or in different observer ofour weaknesses and sins, but as a loving friend, who shares our suffering and for whom our life is more important than his own.