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Confession: The Next Vatican Initiative
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Posted on 06/22/2002 12:16:12 PM PDT by ninenot
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Straightforward, to the point, and devastating.
In Milwaukee one damn near has to BEG to have a confession heard.
In the letter, the Pope clearly stated that priests should hear Confessions ON SUNDAYS, BEFORE AND DURING MASS, if necessary.
Let's see how THAT plays.
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posted on
06/22/2002 12:16:12 PM PDT
by
ninenot
To: BlackElk; patent; Askel5; eastsider; Aquinasfan; ThomasMore; sinkspur; maryz; BlessedBeGod
Bump and pass it along...
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posted on
06/22/2002 12:18:14 PM PDT
by
ninenot
To: ninenot
With all respect and best wishes, "Father Fucek" couldn't be a worse name at this time.
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posted on
06/22/2002 12:21:37 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: ninenot
To: ninenot
BUMP!
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posted on
06/22/2002 12:25:37 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
To: xJones
Pronounced "Foo' check"
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posted on
06/22/2002 12:25:53 PM PDT
by
It's me
To: ninenot
To: ninenot
Well, at least the Pope is still Catholic.
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posted on
06/22/2002 12:33:11 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Catholicguy
To: ninenot
Let's see how THAT plays. Confessions during Mass won't play very well around here, since they haven't been heard in our parish during Mass in the fifteen years I've been here.
And now, with two of our three priests covering other parishes, it's a virtual impossibility.
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posted on
06/22/2002 12:55:44 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
To: ninenot
Bump! Thanks for posting this article.
Confession has been shunted aside, IMO. It is not preached from the pulpits and it is not encouraged in the CCD programs. If it is mentioned, it is mentioned that "it is a good thing to do" - and that is it.
People I know say they confess to God directly or they do not commit grave sin and therefore, there is no need to go to confession.
I think the "Reconciliation Rooms" have taken away a lot - I do not believe most people like the "face to face" aspect of it.
To: ninenot
"And during mass" how in the world are priests supposed to hear confession during mass. I have always thought that we gathered for mass with the express purspose of putting us into a state of grace where we were preparing to receive the blessed sacrament of the euchurist. Please correct me as I am very confused with your statement.
To: ninenot
"It must be acknowledged that many priests have not prepared themselves sufficiently to administer the sacrament of penance, and they are not familiar with the implications related to moral theology and canon law."Not only this, but sinful priests will not want to spend any time in the confessional. Since they probably don't have much of a prayer life, the importance of the Sacrament of Penance will not only be a nuisance to them, but will probably even be a goad to their consciences. Deep and intimate prayer and a life of sinful excess hardly go together. Give me a priest who PRAYS when nobody is LOOKING!
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posted on
06/22/2002 2:02:34 PM PDT
by
redhead
To: sinkspur
"And now, with two of our three priests covering other parishes, it's a virtual impossibility."Then, go to a parish where confessions are heard regularly. (Of course, you've already figured this out, so this is probably redundant...)
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06/22/2002 2:04:38 PM PDT
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redhead
To: sharkdiver
"how in the world are priests supposed to hear confession during mass.">/i>obviously, the priest who is celebrating will not be hearing confessions during mass, but other priests who are with that parish may.
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posted on
06/22/2002 2:10:02 PM PDT
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redhead
To: redhead
Then, go to a parish where confessions are heard regularly.Two priests hear confessions every Saturday from 4-5:30, and from 7:00-8:00. That's plenty of time for those who wish to go.
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posted on
06/22/2002 2:12:38 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
To: sinkspur
Yep. In this town, (not our parish), the priest allots 15 minutes a week. Needless to say, nobody takes them up on it.
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posted on
06/22/2002 2:27:40 PM PDT
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redhead
To: redhead
Not being Catholic, I probably shouldn't comment, but it seems to me it should be the PRIESTS who have been living in sin who are doing the confessing. How can a priest who is full of sin up to his eyeballs forgive anybody of anything?
To: ninenot
In Milwaukee one damn near has to BEG to have a confession heard. I'm so sorry to hear that about your diocese! St. John Vianney must be very saddened indeed...
I've got some disagreements with my pastor, but one thing I am grateful for in my parish (Diocese of Arlington Virginia) is he and his priests are hearing confessions nearly every day.
To: holyscroller
How can a priest who is full of sin up to his eyeballs forgive anybody of anything? The faculties of a priest are efficacious irrespective of the state of his own soul. He is merely the vessel; the absolution is being granted by Christ.
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