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A confessional out of Dilbert?
Curt Jester ^
| July 30, 2006
Posted on 07/31/2006 10:31:54 AM PDT by NYer
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posted on
07/31/2006 10:31:55 AM PDT
by
NYer
To: american colleen; Lady In Blue; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; Notwithstanding; ...
Frankly .... this is my idea of a good confessional.
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posted on
07/31/2006 10:33:51 AM PDT
by
NYer
To: NYer
top picture reminds me think of this:
drunk staggers into the church, goes into the confessional box, sits down but says nothing. The priest coughs a few times to get his attention but the drunk just sits there.
Finally, the Priest pounds three times on the wall. The drunk mumbles, No use knockin' - there's no paper on this side either.
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posted on
07/31/2006 10:44:27 AM PDT
by
Nihil Obstat
(thank you - tip your acolyte)
To: Nihil Obstat
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posted on
07/31/2006 10:48:40 AM PDT
by
NYer
To: NYer
LOL!
I understand the writer's concern about a penitent's having no opportunity to be anonymous - although if you're active in your parish, the priest may well recognize your voice, even if he can't see you.
On the other hand, it doesn't bother me to tell my sins to Father face-to-face. It's not like he was assuming I was perfect before that! Even if I got up in front of the congregation and announced, "I yelled at my kids last week, nagged my husband about his overspending, and last Thursday, I had too much wine and gave myself a headache," the most likely response would be, "What, you think you're the Lone Ranger or something?"
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posted on
07/31/2006 10:50:05 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I've always wanted to be 40 ... and it's as good as I anticipated!)
To: everyone
If they would just go to the source and confess to God himself you can eliminate all of this nonsence.
To: NYer
Well, it only took 20 minutes.
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posted on
07/31/2006 10:58:12 AM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("Love is the fusion of two souls in one in order to bring about mutual perfection." -S. Terese Andes)
To: NYer
At St. Edward's beautiful Church on Palm Beach (Where the Kennedy's used to go to Mass) there is a handicapped priest who hears Confessions face-to-face, standing, in the Sacristy.
I have been to Confession there several times. The first time was quite startling. However, this Priest is very kind and humble and as he gives absolution he places his hands on the Penitent's head.
Confessing that way is very powerful, humbling, and, for me, only increased the realisation I was Confessing to Jesus Himself through the Priesthood He established
To: NYer
Dilbertian[tm] confessional would require a pointy-haired priest in it, or maybe Alice administering penance by bonking the sinners' heads against the table.
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posted on
07/31/2006 11:00:31 AM PDT
by
GSlob
To: Married with Children
Uh-oh. You've done it now. Your post will cause this thread to top 500 posts.
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posted on
07/31/2006 11:01:11 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(Call me a Jingoist, I don't care...)
To: Married with Children
To: Married with Children
Was Jesus lying when He said "Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained" (John 20:23). Besides, before the priest grants absolution, the confessor must say the Act of Contrition sincerely (Oh my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended thee, and I detest all of my sins....), or the absolution is not effective.
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posted on
07/31/2006 11:02:16 AM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("Love is the fusion of two souls in one in order to bring about mutual perfection." -S. Terese Andes)
To: NYer
Also gone are the long lines of penitents who humbly spill out their venial and mortal offenses to God through a priest who is forbidden from repeating them to anyone. Not in my parish they aren't. It's a 20 to 45 minute wait for Confession on Saturdays.
Maybe we just sin a lot...
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posted on
07/31/2006 11:03:06 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: NYer
I'm 6'5" so any barrier has to be extremely high.
Yet, I have found the face-to-face confession experience to be truly tremendous, and soul-cleansing, far-beyond anything I experienced in the mor convention booths I grew up using.
To: Pyro7480
To: Military family member
Maybe if we go face-to-face some of the sins we are too embarassed about will be extinguished. I mean, it is, relatively, easy to ignore God because He is not physically standing before us, but it is rather difficult to hide our shame when we Confess to the Priest face-to-face
To: Married with Children
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posted on
07/31/2006 11:18:31 AM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("Love is the fusion of two souls in one in order to bring about mutual perfection." -S. Terese Andes)
To: bornacatholic
On the other hand, some people may feel more compelled to hide their deeper sins (the so-called "pet sins") that embarrass them if they confess face-to-face. I think the screen needs to always be an option, because it is Christ we confess to through the priest, not the priest himself.
To: Pyro7480
Well, it only took 20 minutes. It's a slow news day.
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posted on
07/31/2006 11:23:26 AM PDT
by
NYer
To: Tax-chick; NYer
On the other hand, it doesn't bother me to tell my sins to Father face-to-face.I take it from your comment that you never left the confessional with a black eye, then? I have come dangerously close! Guess the old reflexes still are in working order and I ducked when I should! Irish priests can get pretty riled up...
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posted on
07/31/2006 11:23:41 AM PDT
by
Frank Sheed
(Tá brón orainn. Níl Spáinnis againn anseo.)
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