Posted on 05/23/2009 6:10:29 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Edited on 05/23/2009 7:00:04 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
CHICAGO - Like the light on a taxi, the hand-painted sign inviting strangers to confess their sins beckoned a small crowd of passers-by splashing through the rain in Chicago's South Loop area last week.
But the brown Ford hatchback with faux stained glass windows was hardly your typical confessional.
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The jalopy had been converted by a group of young artists from Columbia College Chicago's Campus Crusade for Christ. Rather than expecting visitors to fess up, the young crusaders revealed their own iniquities and apologized on behalf of the church for whatever pain it had caused.
The church hasn’t caused any trouble for over 400 years. It’s rather silly to apologize.
? Art project? Cultural studies? I wonder if this was really sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ? The story is kind of thin on details.
.............. apologized on behalf of the church for whatever pain it had caused.
Interesting.
Thanks.
Related reality:
"Confessional car" designed for tourists' needs
This reminds me of a conversation I once had with a friend who, as deacon, gave the homily at Mass one Sunday. He had mentioned in the homily that as a deacon he was not able to hear confessions. I told he that he could indeed hear confessions. He just couldn’t give absolution.
I am also a little suspicious simply because they are students at Columbia University. The left has successfully infiltrated many churches, and even started some, with the intent to discredit and destroy them and Christianity. If these kids are trying to overcome that and get back to the basics of Christianity I support them, yet, because the left is so devious, I can't rid my mind of the nagging possibilities of deceit.
Amen
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