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Category Archives: GO TO CONFESSION
Hurricane paths mapped from 1985 to 2005. Wherein Fr. Z rants about life-saving stuff.
Take in this photo from APOD. These are hurricane paths mapped from 1985 to 2005. A few really bad ones are in there. Disasters always happen to other people… until it’s your turn. You should have plans and backups, especially … Read More
ASK FATHER: The priest said, “I forgive you” and not “I absolve you”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is my confession valid if the Priest says, “I forgive you” instead of “I absolve you”? Everything else sounded normal. Thank-you Once again we have an example of some jackass priest who thinks he is being … Read More
ASK FATHER: The priest only said, “I absolve you from your sins”. Is that sufficient for a valid absolution?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I went and confessed all sorts of actual mortal sins to a priest, and for the absolution, I definitely heard him say either “I absolve you from your sins” or “I absolve you of your sins” … Read More
Day 1: St. Ann Novena
Share and re-tweet, please. 17 July through 26 July, Ann’s feast day in both traditional and post-Conciliar calendars, we can pray a NOVENA to the grandmother of God, the mother of Mary. Here is one novena prayer to St Ann. There are … Read More
ACTION ITEM! PRAY! NOVENA to St. Ann – 17-16 July. WHO WILL JOIN ME?
Today I have often thought of the late, great “Extraordinary Ordinary”, Bp. Robert Morlino, Bishop of Madison, who died in November 2018. After Summorum Pontificum Bp. Morlino embraced the Church’s traditional liturgical worship and responded to requests with fatherly generosity … Read More
Imagine the shock of the Jews, who knew their Scripture, when they heard Jesus say…
“Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.” Genesis 9:4 From the very beginning, when God instructed humanity about our stewardship rights and responsibilities, the consumption of blood was forbidden by divine decree. Later, in … Read More
ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I went to confession this afternoon. It was my first time going at this particular church. When the priest asked me to say an Act of Contrition, I started, “O my God, I am heartily sorry…” … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priest anointed me and then, without confession, absolved me.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Recently I was in the hospital being treated for cancer. I had a private room and my wife was in the room with me. Suddenly a priest came into the room, introduced himself and asked if … Read More
ASK FATHER: If the priest says an invalid absolution and I drop dead after… what happens to me?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, a question – if a penitent is in a state of mortal sin, and they go to confess their sins to a priest, and the penitent does everything necessary on their part for the sacrament … Read More
WVC on “We will evaluate the implementation, then implement the evaluation, then evaluate the implementation of the evaluation.”: “It’s hard not to conclude the Synodal Church is the Ape of the Church.”
