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To: old and tired
I would be uncomfortable confessing sins to a married man.

Why?

30 posted on 11/19/2004 1:56:16 PM PST by ThomasMore (Pax et bonum!)
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To: ThomasMore

For one thing, married men burp;a lot. They make other noises too


32 posted on 11/19/2004 2:15:38 PM PST by bornacatholic
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To: ThomasMore
I would be uncomfortable confessing sins to a married man.
Why?

Maybe it has to do with my own marriage. If something is troubling me, it will affect my relationship with my wife. I have discovered over the years that keeping my troubles from my wife only invites more trouble into our home.

When I said that I would have trouble confessing my sins, I wasn't necessarily talking about me. Thankfully, I am now in a place where my sins are pedestrian enough to put the most eager confessor to sleep. However, if someone were in an ongoing confessor/confessee relationship, I think it would be difficult for a good confessor to compartmentalize his duties and to keep tough cases from his wife.

I understand a priest has taken a sacred vow, but if he has also taken a vow to his wife, I could picture a scenariao where a marriage could intrude upon the seal of the confessional.

120 posted on 11/22/2004 7:05:07 AM PST by old and tired
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