Posted on 04/05/2007 10:33:39 AM PDT by NYer
Love your screen name, love the Whiskey Speech— and am absolutely bowled over by your family’s conversion.
Have a blessed Easter.
Thanks. You have a blessed Easter too. I know I will!
Awesome!
“If you mean that the priest is an SSPXer, for example”
No, the priest I had in mind is a heretic because he denies the reality of Our Lord’s miracles. Not something I would expect from an SSPXer.
Doesn’t matter, though, because two days before Easter, he’s nowhere to be found. Nor any other priest in this diocense.
Where in Hell (??) are they? Where do they go?
Thanks.
Is there any provision for a person who can’t run a priest to ground and force him to confer the sacrament?
Are you saying you can't find a priest to hear your confession? (I'm not sure I understand). Even in the reprobate diocese in which I reside, there are Franciscan monks who hear confession. One need only look a bit harder or ask others, to find them.
Last week, our pastor advised the entire congregation that the Sacrament of Reconciliation would be held on a certain day at a specific time. (Confession is also available up until 1/2 before mass on Sundays). Not surprisingly, the same small group showed up for Reconciliation. This afternoon, our parish held a Good Friday meatless meal. One of the women, who has 3 small children, told Father that she wanted to go to confession. Not a problem; he told her to meet him at Church 1 hour before tonight's service. She left the children in the care of the other mothers and followed him over to Church. There is no hill or mountain, that is insurmountable.
My husband will be joining the church at Easter Vigil this year, too. I’m overwhelmed with joy!!!
The diary is brimming with so many of these. Someone extracted the quotes to a linked page. You will find them here.
Our Lord has a sense of humor. He chose an illiterate nun to be His "secretary".
"Your task is to write down everything that I make known to you about My mercy, for the benefit of those who by reading these things will be comforted in their souls and will have the courage to approach Me." (1693)
“Are you saying you can’t find a priest to hear your confession? “
That’s right. Matter of fact, I think they deliberately minimize the availability of the sacrament.
To continue my rant, another thing that really burns me is the way they don’t return calls, and treat you like a red-headed stepchild if you ask for communion outside the tiny bit of time unreliably set aside on Saturday afternoons...when some of us have to work.
Their attitude is, “We’re wonderful, and if you don’t agree, you suck.”
I haven’t tried to get an article published, because the people who would publish it would only be trying to hurt the Church...but it’s starting to look more and more attractive.
Well, duh. I meant to say, “ask for confession,” not “ask for communion.” I really think if you asked for communion at an irregular time, they’d just say no.
And to continue my rant even further...
“There is no hill or mountain, that is insurmountable.”
The priests should not be setting up well-nigh insurmountable hills and mountains between ordinary jerks like me and the sacraments. They ought to be at least track-downable, rather than vanishing without a trace and not returning calls. At the very least, the miserly least, there could be one priest in the whole parish “on duty” to take calls.
It’s about 160 mile round trip, and frankly, I can’t even buy the gas.
My Mom and I are having a discussion about when you can break the fast of Good Friday.
Decades ago, my Mom says when she and her siblings were growing up, they would take their Easter food to the priest to bless, and they could eat meat starting after noon on Holy Saturday.
I’ve maintained my habit of not eating meat until Sunday (or after midnight Saturday), not sure if it’s the rule or not .. and nothing’s published in my church bulletin about this.
She said that it’s been ok for a long time to have meat after noon on Holy Saturday (I’ve just done my own thing).
Can anyone tell me if there is a rule about this and what it is?
Many thanks, and Happy Easter.
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