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Tag Archives: confession
22 February 2012
“Today, I went to confession for the first time in nearly 27 years.”
From a reader:
Today, I went to confession for the first time in nearly 27 years. I am 34, so this is my first time as an adult. After some trembling at the beginning, I managed to push through … Continue reading
Posted in GO TO CONFESSION, New Evangelization
Tagged confession, reconciliation, sacrament of penance
11 Comments
21 February 2012
Diocese of Venice, Florida promotes Sacrament of Penance during Lent
WDTPRS kudos go out to His Excellency Most Rev. Frank Dewayne, Bishop of Venice in Florida for a diocese-wide effort, called “The Light Is On” campaign, to get people to go to confession during Lent.
The diocese has bought time on … Continue reading
20 February 2012
Ash Wednesday, Fasting, Abstaining, and You.
According to the 1983 Code of Canon Law for the Latin Church, Latin Church Catholics are bound to observe fasting and abstinence on Ash Wednesday.
Here are some details. I am sure you know them already, but they are good … Continue reading
Lent is near: Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession
Quinquagesima Sunday is behind us and Ash Wednesday is upon us. It has been a while since I have posted this.
Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession o{]:¬)
We should…
1) …examine our consciences regularly and thoroughly;
2) … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged confession, LENT, sacrament of penance
3 Comments
18 February 2012
QUAERITUR: Priest walking around outside the confessional, able to see penitents.
From a reader:
I went to make confession at a local parish, but saw the priest walking around near the confessional. Since it’s not a priest I wanted to make my confession to, I left to go to another church. On … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Confession to a priest who is a family member
From a reader:
I thought I heard somewhere that a priest ought to avoid hearing the confession of a close relative, especially his parents. I presumed this was for practical and not canonical reasons, no? Thanks for your consideration and faithfulness.
There … Continue reading
27 January 2012
QUAERITUR: Kissing the priest’s stole after receiving absolution
From a reader:
I’ve encountered the custom of the penitent kissing the sole of the priest after he is given absolution. I have been unable to find any information about the origins or the application of this practice.
I have heard of … Continue reading
25 January 2012
QUAERITUR: Going to confession after many years
From a reader:
The more I read you the more I’m intent on going to Confession again.
I’m 31, and haven’t been since I was confirmed. As you know, it just hasn’t been consistently preached that it is necessary. I just have … Continue reading
Struggling with going to confession? Take heart from a reader.
Struggling with going to confession? Take heart from a reader:
I’ve recently begun reading your blog with regularity and was moved by
your frequent and urgent calls to the sacrament of confession. I’ve
started trying to make a regular monthly confession, and … Continue reading
22 January 2012
Fox News show “Huckabee” has two powerful pro-life segments
I caught Mike Huckabee’s weekend show tonight.
After he interviews three of the four presidential candidates (ho hum), in the second part of the show, he interviewed a woman named Rebecca Kiessling, who was conceived during a rape. A conversation with … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras
Tagged abortion, confession, Mike Huckabee, prolife, sacrament of penance
3 Comments
18 January 2012
“Here comes everybody!”
I get lots of hate mail and I share very little of it. Why waste our time? After glancing at 99.999% of the missives in this category I think, “There’s 8 seconds of my life I will never … Continue reading
17 January 2012
Louisville, KY: 10-12 July: Conference for priests on being a better confessor
I have been harping on the need for a revival of the Sacrament of Penance. This means that priests have to hear confessions and preach about confession. As a matter of fact, if Pope Benedict has a “Marshall Plan” for … Continue reading
11 January 2012
A bishop promotes the Sacrament of Penance
“But Father! But Father!”, I read in my email, “You are always telling us to go to confession but around here priests don’t hear confessions very often if at all! What are we supposed to do?”
Thus, I read of the … Continue reading
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, De Novissimis: Four Last Things, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices, WDTPRS KUDOS
Tagged Bp. Michael Campbell, confession, D. Lancaster, sacrament of penance
26 Comments
31 December 2011
Brick by brick! A reader describes how the Sacrament of Penance is being revived.
It is of critical importance that we rebuild, revive the use of the Sacrament of Penance. One way to start would be to hear confessions for a few minutes before Masses.
From a reader:
I’ve noticed over the last … Continue reading
23 December 2011
QUAERITUR: Long confession lines, having only venial sins, and blocking someone else’s chance to confess
From a reader:
Last week I was in line for a long time, and finally entered the confessional around 3:25. As I was leaving, the sacristan came in behind me to tell Father it was time to prepare for Mass. There were still a … Continue reading
