Why does he even have to say this, I wonder? It’s all about forgiveness, although I was once kicked out of the confessional as a 9 year old for getting on the priest’s nerves about something. You could hear him all over the church and all eyes were on me as I drew aside the thick velvet curtain. Such surprise that a knock-kneed child of 9 could cause such upset!
And for converts: this was the church of my youth - filled with not only reverence but sometimes downright funny happenings. How I loved it!
“...I was once kicked out of the confessional as a 9 year old for getting on the priest’s nerves about something.”
Oh dear! I think my Irish grandmother would admire you for that.