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Tag Archives: sacrament of penance
QUAERITUR: How to confess past, forgotten sins?
From a reader: I made a big confession spanning over many years of not going to Confession a few months ago. I thought I had made a good and thorough Examination of Conscience, as it took me close to a … Read More
QUAERITUR: Am I forgiven if I don’t do a penance assigned in confession? Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: Good morning Father, when I went to Reconciliation this past weekend I received a two part penance– the first part was immediately carried out and the second part I was to perform later at home. [grrrrr] As … Read More
QUAERITUR: If I forget to confess a mortal sin, am I still forgiven?
From a reader: If i forget to confess a mortal/grave sin in the confessional, when i fully intended to confess it before i walked in, is it still absolved? If you truly forget to confess something, but otherwise make a … Read More
The most important thing I will ever write on this blog
This is the most important thing I will ever write on this blog. If I get nothing else through to any reader here, long-time visitor or new, I would want it to be this. There is no sin that we … Read More
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A summer reminder
Summer time and early autumn may not involve a great liturgical cycle such as Advent/Christmas, Lent/Easter, during which we may be reminded to prepare for a great feast by confession. But every Sunday is a feast of precept, a Holy … Read More
Australia: A bill to force priests to break the Seal of Confession
After I posted the story on a legislative attempt in Ireland to force priests to break the Seal of Confession, I had a few emails suggesting that I was panicking, that such a thing would never happen, that this was … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can I make the Act of Contrition in Latin?
From a reader, edited: Would it be acceptable, when in the confessional, to recite the Act of Contrition in Latin? Over the past several years I have become proficient in a fair number of Latin prayers, including those of the … Read More
Old book for confessors: examination of conscience in different languages
We recently saw from the Congregation for Clergy a guide for confessors along with an examination of conscience for the confessor himself. While sorting through some things I ran across a fascinating old confessional aid for priests. It is an … Read More
QUAERITUR: Participation in the sins of other people
Yesterday I posted about the entry at the blog of the USCCB about the benefits of confession. In that post the subject of “structural sin” came up. “Structural sin” is something liberals use to mask the reality of personal responsibility … Read More
USCCB Media Blog: 10 points in favor of going to confession
I am all for any official entity of the Church promoting the Sacrament of Penance. The media blog of the USCCB has a post by Sr. Mary Ann Walsh about the Sacrament of Penance. Shall we have look with my … Read More
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