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After confessing, a young reader asked priest to use the proper form of absolution…
From a young reader:
I’m a teen going to a Catholic highschool in ____. I’m used to relaxed priests who bend the red and change the black. I usually am charitable and celebrate the basic validity of sacraments I receive from them. But … Continue reading
LENTCAzT 28 Tuesday 4th Week of Lent – Making the Sign of the Cross puts demons to flight
Today is Tuesday of the 4th Week of Lent.
You have no idea what I went through to make this and post it on time.
We hear about the ancient Roman Station church, San Damaso, the Collects in both forms of the … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, LENTCAzT, Patristiblogging, PODCAzT
Tagged Benedict XVI, Cyril, LENT, LENTCAzT, podcast, PODCAzT, sacrament of penance, Sign of the Cross
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Have you made your good confession yet? Fr. Z’s 20 Tips.
Lent is a time for introspection and conversion.
Has it been a while since you have made a good confession?
Here are some tips.
Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession o{]:¬)
We should…
1) …examine our consciences regularly and thoroughly;
2) …wait our turn … Continue reading
A priest on hearing confessions for three hours
I don’t know if I have mentioned it lately but… GO TO CONFESSION!
For that to be possible priests have to get into the box and hear confessions.
To this end, I point you to an amusing post by Fr. John Valenchek, … Continue reading
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From xkcd:
GO TO CONFESSION!
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Chinese inspired “flying confessors”
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
An examination of conscience to help make a better confession by a really sound priest
Last year I posted about some sheets developed by my friend the great Fr. Finigan, His Hermeneuticalness, to help people with an examination of conscience before going to confession. He made them available at the blog of his parish, Our … Continue reading
Of TEOTWAWKI, Your Black Unconfessed Sins, and You
People sometimes think, “Oh, those poor people. That could never happen here.”
And then it does.
The people in Russia who had the encounter with the bus-size exploding meteor, got up that day just like you did. Remember that video of … Continue reading
Tulsa Day 2 – Conference
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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Tagged confession, D. Tulsa, exorcism, sacrament of penance
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Bp. Olmsted (D. Phoenix) issues pastoral letter to priests about importance of Confession
From the onset, Fr. Z Kudos to His Excellency Most Rev. Bp. Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix for his new Pastoral Letter on CONFESSIONS!
The letter is called “Apostles of Mercy” and it is directed to the Priests of the Diocese of … Continue reading
