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Tag Archives: sacrament of penance
A review of the Sacrament of Penance in view of the Jubilee Year as well as your regular Sunday Mass
While in Rome during a Jubilee Year. Many people – Rome is jammed – are coming to Rome for the experience such as entering the Major Basilicas through the Holy Door. That’s a perk and a novelty that most may … Read More
Note from a reader: first confession in 19 years! Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I nag you to… GO TO CONFESSION! I received a note today which made my day. Father Z, Today, on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, I went to Adoration and Confession. It was my first time going … Read More
Posted in GO TO CONFESSION, Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged sacrament of penance
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ASK FATHER: Father just said “I absolve you in the name of….”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I’ve been in a conundrum after confession today. The priest, a very holy yet elderly one was the confessor. At the words of absolution he said “and I absolve you in the name of etc…” and … Read More
Priests, Sacrament of Penance again under attack by the State
You have probably heard about law in Washington that priests will be required to divulge to law enforcement anything about child abuse which they learned when hearing confessions (in the internal forum). Fox now reports HERE that priests who obey … 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
ASK FATHER: Validity of absolution and reception of Communion in the state of grace
In light of several missives I’ve received – probably because of news about a recent confusing document – I reiterate hereunder what the Church holds to be true about the Sacrament of Penance, or Reconciliation. From Ott’s Fundamentals of Catholic … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Hard-Identity Catholicism, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged contrition, sacrament of penance
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You, dear reader, have an immortal soul.
You, dear reader, have an immortal soul. One of the most important things we pray in the Litany of Saints … those who know and use only the Novus Ordo perhaps have never heard this… is “A subitanea et improvisa … 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
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
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, GO TO CONFESSION
Tagged confession, GO TO CONFESSION, reconciiation, sacrament of penance
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Gregg the Obscure on BROOKLYN 25/10 – Day 42: theologically certain: “my pup Gubbio (named after the wolf of Gubbio so i would have an entree to low-key evangelization) would not…”
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