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Tag Archives: GO TO CONFESSION
“Keep ranting Father Z!”
From a reader… On the First Friday in August, my godson and I went to confession. We then went camping for a week. We found a lovely church to attend Mass on Sunday. Thursday we came home. Friday my beloved … Read More
ASK FATHER: In the confessional Father said the Holy Spirit is a woman.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father during confession said in his opinion, the Holy Spirit is a woman. “She gives us birth in baptism, she will help you.” [Jackass!] His other remarks were well taken but I was so appalled I … Read More
“GO TO CONFESSION!” I always say. Another thing I say is that it is CRUEL to leave penitents in doubt.
Today I was out and about in Rome doing errands. I chanced on a posted sign in the penitents’ part of the free standing confessionals that line most Roman churches, often dusty from neglect. The sign is a little blurry … Read More
Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum!
From a reader… Dear Father Z, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart and soul for your constant exhortations to “Go To Confession.” It has taken me quite a while (years) to step up to the … Read More
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.
Because I continue to get question in my email about bizarre things that priests do to the FORM OF ABSOLUTION, it is good to remind everyone that in 2023 the Novus Ordo form of absolution in English is to change. There … Read More
ASK FATHER: Confession by checklist because of no common language
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Fr, I went to confession at a Catholic church in France that gets pilgrims from around the world. Because of the many languages of the penitents there was a checklist in the confessional with a wide variety of sins translated … Read More
Officer slain in Boulder shooting was a TLM parishioner. Wherein Fr. Z rants about death and YOU. UPDATED
UPDATE: 26 March Time has been changed to noon MDT. Still at the Denver Cathedral with an FSSP celebrant. the link for livestream is https://livestream.com/accounts/3170708/events/9593864 Originally Published on: Mar 24, 2021 Recently there was a terrible mass shooting in Boulder, … Read More
“This is the time God chose for us. Get up off the ground!” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Time for A Rant. I know that many of you readers are upset by what is going on in the Church. May I repeat some advice? Remember that Popes come and go. There are good Popes and bad Popes, important … Read More
YOU are other people. It’s always someone else… until it’s YOU.
Last night I watched the news for the first time in a few days. One guy in North Carolina, who lost everything because of Florence, said that he’d seen things like this on TV but he never thought it would … Read More
ProfessorCover on ROME 26/5– Day 53: Persevere!: “Father Z writes: “How often do we fail in mutual charity? Mutual charity. Think about it. I have in mind…”
