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Tag Archives: confession
ASK FATHER: Am I still forgiven if I don’t to my assigned penance?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I saw a tweet about a question on confession. The person said the penance she got from the priest in confession was hard but she didn’t completely do it. She wanted to know if she was … Continue reading
What “GO TO CONFESSION!” produces
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am inspired by your words about the importance of regular confession and preparing our soul for the end of our earthly pilgrimage, as well as your blunt Truthfulness about the pains and anguish of Hell. … Continue reading
A revert and the power of a good confession: “I left like a new man.”
From the site of my friend Marcus Grodi, the Coming Home Network Carlos Zamora was raised Catholic, and went to confession a few times, but never took it seriously. When he returned to the Church later in life, and finally … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Did Francis say something heretical about God and our sins?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: You always [write] about going to confession and that’s great! But I read in a Catholic Herald article that in a speech about confession Pope Francis said that God ‘forgets’ our sins. How can that be? Is … Continue reading
A priest’s prayers before and after making his own confession
From an old prayerbook for priests which I’ve had since before my ordination. They are dense with old wisdom. Here are two prayers, in Latin and English, for priests, for before and after they make confession their own confession. I’ve … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: How to make a good confession, especially after many years
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Hello, Father. I have a request. Since you often exhort people to go to confession, and since many haven’t gone in years and have anxiety about the form it takes, what to do or what to … Continue reading
Five short videos about CONFESSION from Bp. Hying of @MadisonDiocese
You might take some time to take in several of the daily videos from Bp. Donald Hying of Madison on a topic dear to this blog: the Sacrament of Penance. HERE GO TO CONFESSION! Here is the first of 5 … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, GO TO CONFESSION, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Bp. Donald Hying, confession, D. Madison, reconciiation, sacrament of penance
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ASK FATHER: The priest asked me what my penance should be
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I went to Confession yesterday, and the priest asked me to suggest a good penance for myself. I was completely taken aback. I hate vague penances like “give to the poor,” so I suggested three Hail … Continue reading
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Tagged confession, sacrament of penance
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Reminder to priests having the care of souls about hearing confessions: do it … or probably go to Hell.
My friend Fr. Martin Fox has a good post – directed at priests – about hearing confessions. HERE I like his peroration… Yes, it’s hard work, especially when you’ve got lots of other things to do, and that’s certainly true … Continue reading
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Tagged confession, reconciiation, sacrament of penance
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ASK FATHER: How to break the bondage of bad habits, vices?
From a priest: QUAERITUR: Father, you stated: “Create a vacuum and something else will rush in to fill it. Think of this in our human, lived experience. If you have a bad habit, you will more than likely never break … Continue reading
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Tagged bad habits, confession, sacrament of penance, vices
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ASK FATHER: My mind goes blank just before confession
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have a frustrating problem that has plagued me for years without fail. Throughout the week, all my faults and sins that a I’ve committed since my last confession ruminate through my mind clearly and distinctly. … Continue reading
Card. Piacenza to priests: “Wanna be a modern priest? HEAR CONFESSIONS!” Whereupon Fr. Z really rants.
There is a good piece at La Bussola Quotidiana (in Italian) about the Sacrament of Penance. I’ll give you a sample, but I don’t have the energy to translate the whole thing. Prelude: Apparently there was recently something called “Earth … Continue reading
Ash Wednesday – Fasting, Abstainence, and You together with notes on alligator, endothermic moonfish, and muskrat
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
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Tagged abstinence, Ash Wednesday, confession, fasting, LENT, liquids, works of mercy
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ASK FATHER: Confession before suicide
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I haven’t been to confession in a long time, and I’d like to go soon. But I’ve also been very depressed and considering suicide. So I feel like one of my motivations to go would be to prepare … Continue reading
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Tagged confession, sacrament of penance, suicide
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ASK FATHER: Could the Church make “communal services” the norm for the Sacrament of Penance?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, In John 20:22-24, it says “And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you … Continue reading
