“I think the heart of the mystery of faith that somehow by practicing the Sacraments, even imperfectly as I certainly do, God transforms us.”
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VicePresidentJDVancedeliveredremarksattheNationalPrayerBreakfastinWashington,D.C.,onFri.,February28.
VancehighlightedhisconversiontoCatholicismandmadeaspecialnodtothesacramentofConfession.ThisacknowledgmentistimelyasthepenitentialseasonofLentbeginsonMarch5.
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Interestingly,theVicePresident’shabitoffrequentlyseekingGod’smercyintheconfessionalcamefromnecessity.
“IwouldprobablygotoconfessioneveryotherweekbecauseIwouldfailtogotoMasseveryotherweek,”Vancebegan.“Youhavebusinesstrips…thekidswouldgetsickand…Ijustrememberthatthisprocessofthinking,‘OKifIdon’tgotochurchthisweek,I’mgonnahavetogoandtalktosomestrangerabouteverythingthatIdidbadthelasttwoweeks.’”Vanceadmittedthatthisroutinegavehimabetterdisciplineandprayerlife.
“Ithinkoneofthegeniusesofourfaiththat[it]teachesusrepetition,anditformsusthroughapro
