To: Romulus
What is a "pennance service"? I fear it's the gross abuse of "general absolution", reserved for soldiers about to enter battle or others in extraordinary circumstances.
To: Land of the Irish; sinkspur; Romulus
A penance service offers no general absolution.
What it does offer is a prayerful atmosphere for readings, reflections, examination of conscience and prayer.
As the penance service ends, people are directed to the individual priests in different rooms around the sanctuary as well as the Reconciliation Room. We have a mixed congregation of Hispanics and Anglos so very often these services are bilinqual with bilingual priests.
The individual priests offer the indivudal absolutions, so, Land of the Irish, I really wonder where you are receiving and from whom you are receiving this mis-information
57 posted on
04/26/2004 9:15:49 AM PDT by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Land of the Irish
Do you have the canon law and catechism citations on that? THere are tons of those penance services around where I live and it seems many don't know they are violating canon law since their so-called priest allows it.
107 posted on
06/02/2004 8:04:15 PM PDT by
Coleus
(Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
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