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Category Archives: GO TO CONFESSION
Labor Day of Love: “How I am to approach the Sacrament of Penance?”
Some of you denizens of these USA might be experiencing a buzz in your head as we approach the Labor Day weekend. You have, perhaps, lots of preparations for this unofficial end of summer activities which have to be squeezed … Read More
ASK FATHER: Confessions during Mass – followup
Not long ago I answered a question about why priests might not offer opportunities for confession on feast days. HERE As part of that entry we moved into the issue of priests hearing confessions during Mass (not the celebrant, obviously). … Read More
ASK FATHER: Converts trying to make 1st Confession –
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My family and I are converting to the church from Protestantism. We are a family of six and we have been turned away from confession at multiple churches because the half hour before Vigil and Sunday Mass wasn’t … Read More
ASK FATHER: Why no confessions on a feast day?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: At the end of today’s mass (Feast of the Assumption), the priest announced no confessions would be heard because “Sundays and solemnities are joyous occasions, so we don’t hear confessions.” I was dismayed. I find reconciliation … Read More
Historic Church Turned Into a Mosque with Taxpayer Funding
This makes me angry. From Independent Sentinel: Historic Church Turned Into a Mosque with Taxpayer Funding Muslims are converting a former Roman Catholic church into mosque. The plan, approved by US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Syracuse Landmark Preservation Board, is … Read More
Why Fr. Z harasses you to GO TO CONFESSION!
You are going along… doodee doodee dooo… and you glimpse something in the corner of y- BAM! Watch to the end. It is short. These people had a close call. It could have gone otherwise. Friends, examine your consciences daily and … Read More
Posted in GO TO CONFESSION, Linking Back
Tagged confession, Penancem Sacrament of Penance
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PHOTOS: Pontifical Requiem at the Throne 1 August – Month’s Mind
Last night the Extraordinary Ordinary, His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, sang a Pontifical Requiem at the Throne as a “Month’s Mind” for Msgr. Delbert Schmelzer, a beloved priest of the diocese. Here are some images. … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to laugh or joke when in need of confession?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is it grave matter to laugh or joke when in need of Confession? (That is, when one has committed mortal sin and intends to go to Confession at the next opportunity.) Aristotle points out that man … Read More
ASK FATHER: Last prayer at the point of death
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Forgive the morbid nature of my query, but with the nature of the world today (and the mindset of an undertaker) a question has been on my mind. If one were to know death was imminent, … Read More
For those of you consciously engaged as the Church Militant…
I was sent this image. I had to share it. I could, wag that I am, replace those darts with the names of a few liberal tweeters. But that might be just a tad bit mischievous. Keep smiling. Keep that shield up. … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Be The Maquis, GO TO CONFESSION, Hard-Identity Catholicism
Tagged Church Militant
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