Category Archives: GO TO CONFESSION

Omens and portents and signs! OH MY!

Posted on 3 March 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I’ve gotten a couple score emails today already about the fact that there was a minor earthquake centered near Castel Gandolfo, where Benedict is now resting.  It must mean something, right?!?
Hey! Earthquakes happen around Rome. Always have, and always will until … Continue reading →

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…tick… tick… tick… tick…

Posted on 25 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From xkcd:

GO TO CONFESSION!

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Chinese inspired “flying confessors”

Posted on 19 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Great missionaries once went to mission countries such as China.
These U.S.A. are now mission territories.
I was inspired by something I read at NEWS.VA.  Is this an idea for the weathly, formerly Christian lands in which most of you readers live?
Wen … Continue reading →

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LENTCAzT 03: Friday after Ash Wednesday – getting ready for short trips but not the long trip

Posted on 15 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today is Friday after Ash Wednesday. Lent is underway but we are still within its narthex.
GO TO CONFESSION!
Today we hear about packing for short trips, illegal burials, and renewing filial abandonment.

Augustine of Hippo:
We prepare ourselves spectacularly for a short trip, … Continue reading →

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LENTCAzT 02: Thursday after Ash Wednesday – Esau’s “great and bitter cry”

Posted on 14 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today is Thurday after Ash Wednesday. Lent is underway but we are still within its narthex.
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Today we hear a reference to mafia bombs, taking up our crosses, and Esau’s horrifying moment of realization of what has happened.

Genesis 27:34
Esau, … Continue reading →

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LENTCAzT 01: Ash Wednesday

Posted on 13 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today is Ash Wednesday. Lent begins.
In other words GO TO CONFESSION!
Today we begin what St. Pope Leo “the Great” called a sacramentum.

Please pray for me – and for Pope Benedict – as we begin our discipline.
 

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LENTCAzT 00: Shrove Tuesday

Posted on 12 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today is Shrove Tuesday, a day upon which many would seek to be “shriven” before the beginning of Lent.   In other words GO TO CONFESSION!
It is “Fat Tuesday”.  When the discipline of Lent was more serious in the Latin … Continue reading →

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A great spiritual war is rising.

Posted on 7 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Have you ever heard of “Santa Muerte”?
This is a perversion of things Christian which is on the rise in certain sub-cultures, especially criminal.
There is an article at the site of the FBI “Santa Muerte: Inspired and Ritualistic Killings (Part 1 … Continue reading →

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Tulsa Day 2 – Conference

Posted on 28 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

After taking in my recording of Downton last night via my Slingbox and DVR back at the Steam Pipe Trunk Distribution Venue, I crashed and slept the sleep of the dead. Now, refreshed, I am at the conference. I have … Continue reading →

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Feedback like this makes it worthwhile

Posted on 20 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I want to quickly let you know how much I appreciate you constantly pushing confession in your blog. I made my first confession in nearly two and a half years last night, and was finally able to receive … Continue reading →

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