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Tag Archives: reconciliation
Getting back around to an old idea: confessions DURING Mass
The discussion of confessions during Mass is hardly new to long-time readers of this blog. I’ve dealt with it many times. For example, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, … This is hardly new also to Catholics who seek out the traditional form of … Read More
A good way to start the new year of grace would be…
… go to confession. Make a good and complete examination of your conscience. Confess all your mortal sins, omitting none, in both kind and number…. number… number!.. to the best of your ability. Pay no attention to the liberals who … Read More
Card. Arinze’s Christmas message on Vatican Radio – first point: confession!
Vatican Radio has been posting short audio messages from Church leaders. Here is a brief message from the Cardinal Bishop of my own diocese, the Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri-Segni, His Eminence Francis Card. Arinze, Prefect-Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine … Read More
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From a priest about hearing confessions, and reviving the Sacrament of Penance
From a priest: Blessings and peace to you. I just wanted to add a confessor’s piece to the many penitent’s testimonies that you have been posting. During Advent I have been inviting and pursuing the parish to go to confession. … Read More
A reader on going to confession
From a reader: I know you love to hear good things about Confession. I just wanted to share that I went to Confession today with a most humble, wise, and kind priest. I was on the verge of a panic … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can a priest in the confessional assign AA meetings for penance?
From a reader: Can a priest give AA meetings for a overindulgent penitent? WHAT?!? Noooo… bad idea. Look. A priest can, I guess, give whatever penances he can get away with. If the penance is too onerous or impossible, … Read More
Chesterton in support of Dolan’s call for renewal of confession
As the USCCB meets, I offer this from G. K. Chesterton’s Autobiography (UK link HERE): When people ask me, or indeed anybody else, “Why did you join the Church of Rome?” the first essential answer, if it is partly an … Read More
USCCB meeting: Card. Dolan hits it out of the park! (Listen to the audio here.)
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! I am pretty cynical about USCCB meetings. But this time I am pretty fired up. I just listened to Cardinal Dolan’s address as President of the conference. In his address His Eminence spoke about … Read More
Priest asks people to go to confession instead of giving him things for Christmas. Huge response.
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Here’s a Year of Faith approach… here’s a New Evangelization project. This, instead of all the blather, is how it is done. From a reader I have known for many years: Your recent post … Read More
Require your parish priests to hear confessions
I heard a song today by one Matthew West that got me thinking about the need to revive the practice of regular sacramental confession. Lyrics HERE [wp_youtube]DR7KfFfse3k[/wp_youtube] In part…. […] Breathe in deep Feel your heart still breathing Let’s go … Read More
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