Sacrament of Penance - CCC 1426
The Catechism readily admits that although the Church is described as "holy and without blemish" and the "bride of Christ", (St Paul's expression found in Ephesians 1 and 4), nevertheless, the rituals do not completely remove frailty and weakness found in human nature. And it does not remove concupiscence. The word concupiscence means an inclination to sin.
In CCC 2515, the word concupiscence is further explained. It can be referred to any intense form of human desire. "Christian theology has given it a particular meaning: the movement of the sensitive appetite contrary to the operation of human reason. The Apostle Paul identifies it with the rebellion of the "flesh" against the "spirit". It stems from the disobedience of the first sin. It unsettles man's moral faculties and, without being in itself an offense, inclines man to commit sin."
Think about how concupiscence, this inclination to sin, can or have affected your life.
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