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San Jose diocese to put windows in confessionals
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| August 11, 2002
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Posted on 08/12/2002 8:14:13 AM PDT by gubamyster
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To: gubamyster
Now I've seen everything
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posted on
08/12/2002 8:15:53 AM PDT
by
shiva
To: gubamyster
Wait a second, hold the phone...what happened to the solid wall with the screen and the little window-sized sliding door which assured privacy and safety and was TOTALLY ANONYMOUS.
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posted on
08/12/2002 8:19:00 AM PDT
by
Desdemona
To: Desdemona
It's been a while, huh? :')
Boy, is this a dumb idea!
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posted on
08/12/2002 8:22:45 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
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To: Bud McDuell; Desdemona
Why don't they simply get rid of the reconciliation rooms and go back to the traditional confessional?My very first thought, exactly!
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posted on
08/12/2002 8:34:50 AM PDT
by
heyheyhey
To: Bud McDuell
How about putting police in the confessional? Or maybe implant homing devices and microphones in everyone?
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posted on
08/12/2002 8:35:38 AM PDT
by
Dakmar
To: Bud McDuell
AHHH! Now is the time to confess and pray to Almighty God through Christ Jesus, our Mediator, Savior, Advocate, High Priest, Counselor, King. Do we need another?
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To: Bud McDuell
Perhaps we should quit giving tham ideas.
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posted on
08/12/2002 8:53:51 AM PDT
by
Dakmar
To: *San FRancisco; GodBlessAmerica; Cool Guy; CounterCounterCulture; deeel-me-in; Golden Gate; ...
OK, now in your best Dionne Warwick voice...."Do you know the way to San Jose?" 'Fess up - ping. : )
To: Republican Babe
AHHH! Now is the time to confess and pray to Almighty God through Christ Jesus, our Mediator, Savior, Advocate, High Priest, Counselor, King.AHHH! That's what happens in the confessional.
Do we need another?
Christ empowered His Apostles and in turn their successors to forgive sins in His name, Persona Christi. You need to review John 20:19-23, 2 Corinthians 5:17-20 and James 5:13-16. So according to Jesus Christ Himself, the answer to your question is a resounding yes.
To: gubamyster
In Europe, confessionals are built so that the penitent never enters a box at all; he confesses through a grille into the box containing the priest.
Incidentally, who ever said that when a penitent wishes to confess through a screen, he must also kneel? Nobody. Yet, I have never seen a confessional or "reconciliation room" in which the penitent who wants anonymity is not forced to use a kneeler. There's no reason that those confessing through a screen could not sit in a chair, just like those confessing "face-to-face."
To: *Catholic_list
To: Republican Babe
Do we need another?Some time you pick up the Holy Bible and read it.
Since you have heard about Christ Jesus, our Mediator, Savior, Advocate, High Priest, Counselor, King, you will learn from the Bible that He founded the Church. He is present in His Church to the end of time, and the gates of hell will not prevail over His Church.
To: nickcarraway
Here is more detail on the foolishness we were talking about last night.
I still say that Churches with traditional confessionals, like OurLady Of Peace, should be exempted. If there is a wall between the Priest and the penitent, what could possily happen? A better mandate would be that all churches must install the traditional confessionals and let us keep our privacy!! In an age when the church needs to encourage parishioners to take advantage of the graces of reconciliation, taking away privacy like this will only discourage people.
To: gubamyster
San Jose diocese to put windows in confessionalsBlast that Bill Gates!
To: gubamyster
Gotta have curtains and a flower box too.
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posted on
08/12/2002 10:37:01 AM PDT
by
verity
To: Paul Atreides
San Jose diocese to put windows in confessionals
Blast that Bill Gates!
So, what happens if you get stuck in an infinite loop while saying a Hail Mary?
To: Paul Atreides
LOL!
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posted on
08/12/2002 10:38:58 AM PDT
by
pbear8
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