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Category Archives: GO TO CONFESSION
ASK FATHER: Priest cut me off while confessing my sins
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Long-time listener, first-time caller, as it were. I’ve followed your blog for years, and it has been a great source of knowledge and spiritual wisdom for me. I went to confession today in a cathedral. As … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priest went “off script” when giving absolution
From a reader… QUAERITUR: In Confession recently, a visiting priest went off script during the absolution and concluded with “I do absolve you in the name of the Father…” Do you think this is valid? I trust in God’s mercy … Read More
ASK FATHER: Security video camera inside a confessional
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Are security cameras allowed inside the confessional? I went to confession to a Novus Ordo parish and when I was done saying my sins something prompted me to look up and when I did, I saw … Read More
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Questioning the “success” of frequent Communion
At Crisis find a piece by Michael Ortiz which delves into the long term effect in the Church of the practice of frequent Communion. He reasonably points out what the intention of Pius X was and, in good circumstances, the … Read More
“Ministerial Miranda”? Another attack on the Seal of Confession on priests… and on YOU.
Most American and many illegals know a little about the Miranda Warning, sort of. In short, it is a notification given to “suspects” advising them of their right to silence and protection from self-incrimination and legal representation. There was a … Read More
WDTPRS – 22 Feb – Feast of the Cathedra of Peter (2002MR): Antioch or Rome or… Texas?
Congratulations to all those who belong to the Ordinariate of the Chair of Peter a fine feast day. Today is an opportunity to reflect of the will of the Savior about a necessary element for His Church: the Petrine Ministry. … Read More
“GO TO CONFESSION!” I always say. Another thing I say is that it is CRUEL to leave penitents in doubt.
Today I was out and about in Rome doing errands. I chanced on a posted sign in the penitents’ part of the free standing confessionals that line most Roman churches, often dusty from neglect. The sign is a little blurry … Read More
WDTPRS: Collect 4th Sunday of Advent (Vetus Ordo) – “What our sins are obstructing”.
This prayer was in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary and other sacramentaries. It survived in edited form in the Novus Ordo on Thursday of the 1st week of Advent. Excita, quaesumus, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni: et magna nobis virtute succurre; … Read More
1-8 November: Indulgences for Praying for the Dead – HOW TO!
While one of the corporal works of mercy is to bury the dead, one of the spiritual works of mercy is the pray for the dead. November is dedicated in a special way to this important work, the first 8 … Read More
IMPORTANT about the Confessional, Your Phone, and … Who Knows?
At the National Catholic Register there is a story about how the Bishop of Lincoln has told priests, “NO PHONES in the Confessional”. HERE Bishop James Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, formalized a new policy this year banning … Read More
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