[miserare]

She is probably counting on a last minute reprieve when the priest is called to her bedside at the hour of her death.

Maybe, just maybe, the priest wil be held up in traffic and won’t make it in time.

[frogjerk]

To purposely delay repentence to continue sinning based on the belief that God will forgive is presumption, a very bad sin in itself.

Ted Kennedy tried that type of maneuver with Pope Benedict and I don't think a response to Ted's letter issued.