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To: dsc
Confession is valid even if the priest is a heretic, isn’t it?

Yes. Recall the words of our Lord to St. Faustina ..

"Daughter, when you go to confession, to this fountain of My mercy, the Blood and Water which came forth from My Heart always flows down upon your soul and ennobles it. Every time you go to confession, immerse yourself in My mercy, with great trust, so that I may pour the bounty of My grace upon your soul. When you approach the confessional, know this, that I Myself am waiting there for you. I am only hidden by the priest, but I myself act in your soul. Here the misery of the soul meets the God of mercy. Tell souls that from this fount of mercy souls draw graces solely with the vessel of trust. If their trust is great, there is no limit to My generosity. The torrents of grace inundate humble souls. The proud remain always in poverty and misery, because My grace turns away from them to humble souls." (1602)

My daughter, just as you prepare in My presence, so also you make your confession before Me. The person of the priest is, for Me, only a screen. Never analyse what sort of a priest it is that I am making use of; open your soul in confession as you would to Me, and I will fill it with My light. (1725)

Wishing you a Blessed Easter!

13 posted on 04/05/2007 12:11:18 PM PDT by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
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To: NYer

Thanks.

Is there any provision for a person who can’t run a priest to ground and force him to confer the sacrament?


25 posted on 04/06/2007 1:16:14 PM PDT by dsc (There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men. Edmund Burke)
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