Tag Archives: penance

QUAERITUR: Is a penance assigned in confession a canonical obligation?

Posted on 1 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Dear Fr Z,
I’ve been reading back some of your old entries on penance and the efficacy of sacramental absolution, and they have helped clarify many things, so thank you for that! I do, however, have a few more … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: I don’t know if the priest gave me a penance during confession. Are my sins forgiven?

Posted on 28 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Father,
I went to Confession this weekend and the confessor was a man with a very thick [FOREIGN] accent. On top of that, while pronouncing the absolution he seemed… a little out of it (that sounds like a bit … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS: 2nd Sunday of Lent – our new spiritual view

Posted on 3 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is the Collect of the 2nd Sunday of Lent, a new composition for the Novus Ordo based on a precedent in the Liber Mozarabicus Sacramentorum.:
Deus, qui nobis dilectum Filium tuum audire praecepisti,
verbo tuo interius nos pascere digneris,
ut, spiritali purificato … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Are Sundays part of Lent?

Posted on 27 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Someone told me that it is wrong to do penance on Sundays during Lent. Are Sundays part of Lent? The “forty days” seem to be the week days only. Also, we hear that every Sunday … Continue reading →

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Lent begins in one week! Have you made your plan.

Posted on 15 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Updated:
Lent begins in a week, 22 February this year.
It is time to make your plans for Lent.
You should start thinking about one or more mortifications (and consider something other than chocolate) as well as some corporal and/or spiritual work of mercy … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Didn’t finish penance from confession before Communion.

Posted on 17 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Yesterday before mass I went to confession and by the time I was in the confessional, the bells of the consecration were ringing. My pennance was 12 Our Fathers and 12 Hail Mary’s. (I had confessed some mortal sins, and therefore … Continue reading →

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16 September – England and Wales – Return to meatless Fridays

Posted on 7 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Bishops have decided to re-establish the practice that this penance should be fulfilled simply by abstaining from meat and by uniting this to prayer
On 16 September in England and Wales, Catholics are asked by the Catholic bishops … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Am I forgiven if I don’t do a penance assigned in confession? Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 6 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Good morning Father, when I went to Reconciliation this past weekend I received a two part penance- the first part was immediately carried out and the second part I was to perform later at home. [grrrrr] As I … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS KUDOS to the Bishops of England and Wales: meatless Fridays re-established

Posted on 13 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

If perhaps the Conference of England and Wales won’t be enthusiastic about Universae Ecclesiae I read this with pleasure from the site of Peter Jennings:
Fish on Friday re-established by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
By Peter Jennings · … Continue reading →

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Cradle Catholic – 30 years old – first confession

Posted on 16 April 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:

Due to your blog you singlehandedly managed to get me to my first confession ever (just before this lent, actually); my first, while I’m 30 years old and a cradle catholic. Obviously, that was quite a bit of … Continue reading →

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