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Tag Archives: confession
WDTPRS – 15th Sunday after Pentecost: The Church is taking on water. Is she sinking?
For the last few years I’ve had a terrible inkling that the Church hit an iceberg and is taking on water faster than it can be pumped. It has ever been so, in cycles, since the Lord’s Ascension. The Church … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priests tells me to say Act of Contrition outside the confessional, afterward
From a reader…. QUAERITUR: I went to a local church (non TLM) near my place of employment for confession after work. Please allow me to give them props for that. My question is about a posted sign that says the … Read More
Full marks plus an extra kudo to Jesuit Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ. for his comments on “Eucharistic Revival”
I give full marks plus an extra kudo to Jesuit Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ. His article at Catholic World Report is OUTSTANDING. How many times have I here urged GO TO CONFESSION! Have I not again and and begged priests … Read More
VIDEO about making a good confession with some additional notes
I stumbled across a video which presents a sermon on how to behave before during and after making a sacramental confession. There is some good advice in the sermon, particularly about the need to examine one’s conscience and the confess … Read More
Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession – in SPANISH
Many years ago I posted Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession If you are nervous about making a confession, or perhaps afraid, use these tips. I hope they will be helpful. I was recently contacted by a … Read More
This is a reminder to…
This is a reminder to… GO TO CONFESSION! Taken from My Days With Benedict XVI US HERE – UK HERE
ASK FATHER: After being away for years, I went to confession but I forgot something.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I recently got over myself and went to confession after being away from the sacramental life of the church for a number of years. I then realized that I had not confessed the fulfillment of my … Read More
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ACTION ITEM! Form of absolution to CHANGE in 2023. OPPORTUNITY: Inform priests who have been screwing around with the form of absolution.
As of ASH WEDNESDAY – 22 February 2023 – the Novus Ordo form of absolution in English is to change slightly in these USA. There has been an official tweak of the English translation of the Latin. In 2021 the US Bishops … Read More
ASK FATHER: “I am in need of confession and I feel to embarrassed to speak to my church face to face.”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Hello Father , I am in need of confession and I feel to embarrassed to speak to my church face to face. I am asking for a chance to rid myself of these thorns that won’t … Read More
Sign posted on confessional door: “GET TO THE POINT!” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I saw this photo on Twitter. I post just the photo and not the link because of the off-color remark that accompanied it, surely motivated by disgust. I’m not precisely sure what motivated the off-color remark about this sign. Several … Read More
Venerator Sti Lot on NEW BOOK about how the Novus Ordo Lectionary came to be with its cycles and edits of Scripture: “Tangentially, it caught my eye on the Feast of St. Pius X – which uses the Bea Psalter for its…”
