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- JustaSinner on Vatican official “fed” Pachamama during ritual while in Peru: “Sorry, not sorry, for NOT praying for these wankers. Sun Tsu, Art of War…when your enemies are self destructing, leave…”
- on Vatican official “fed” Pachamama during ritual while in Peru: “Despite the uproar over Pachamama during the late pope’s reign this sacrilege happens again. How? What are these clerics thinking?…”
- on Vatican official “fed” Pachamama during ritual while in Peru: “I had to look up exactly what the DDF is and does (or should be doing). The DDF is the…”
- on ASK FATHER: During Covid, the Bishop anointed my niece by means of a Q-tip. Valid?: “It is really sad how few of our priests and bishops were willing to resist the Covid craziness.”
- on Vatican official “fed” Pachamama during ritual while in Peru: “Such a cascade of offenses lately, it almost seems as if many graces have been withdrawn from a now-helpless hierarchy.…”
- on “Oaf For A Day!”: “““In practice, however, it has become customary for lay people to preach,” Ah yes, the perennial foot in the door…”
- on ASK FATHER: During Covid, the Bishop anointed my niece by means of a Q-tip. Valid?: “@WVC, Don’t you know that every forehead from 2020 on carried a potentially deadly dose of creepy-crawlies? Just think of…”
- on Vatican official “fed” Pachamama during ritual while in Peru: “Will Tucho excommunicate the official of his very own DDF. After all he broke the First Commandment…worshiping pagan idols. The…”
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Tag Archives: sacrament of penance
Prep Wednesday: All Bleeding Stops – Spiritual and Physical “Blow Out Kits”
The analogy of the Church Militant as a spiritual field hospital is pretty good, provided that we remember that in field hospitals lots of people don’t make it. We are like pilgrim soldiers in the Church Militant, on the march to our … Read More
ASK FATHER: When you remember, past, forgotten sins?
From a reader… I’m a convert to the Church, so I have a large span of my life with sins that I’m not entirely sure of. I confessed a series of sins (all of the same kind) as doubtful, but then a while … Read More
ASK FATHER: Getting “paid” to go to confession and “selfies” with confessor
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My youth minister has been offering “S.P.Y.S Points” (basically, points that add up to a discount for events like NCYC and Steubenville Conferences) if we go to Confession and take a “selfie” with our confessor. First of all, would … Read More
ASK FATHER: Father didn’t make Sign of the Cross at absolution
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I went to confession this morning preparation for Ascension Mass, the priest was wonderful, yet when it came to the absolution part, i could see through the holes of the screen that the priest didn’t make the sign of … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can a penitent “release” priest from Seal of Confession?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, as a follow up to your recent post on who is bound by the seal of confession, I have two more related questions: 1. Can the penitent release the priest from the seal? I would think not, … Read More
ASK FATHER: To whom does Seal of Confession apply?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Does the seal of confession bind the penitent in any way? Background: Talking with a friend awhile ago I mentioned something I was told in confession. My friend said he was very uncomfortable with this – implying that … Read More
ASK FATHER: My son’s best friend is Presbyterian
From a reader… My son asked me about his best friend a Presbyterian when I told him in response to his question that Presbyterians do not have confession do they not receive forgiveness for their sins do they have all the time. … Read More
Pope Francis did two really cool things
First, yesterday, Pope Francis went to a parish near Ostia (Rome’s ancient port where St. Augustine’s mother, St. Monica, died – today is her feast in the traditional calendar). Before saying Mass, His Holiness heard confessions! Fathers… hear confession! Second, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can non-Catholics go to confession?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My mother is a non-Catholic who sometimes attends mass with me (a convert). She has considered entering the Church (her mother–as a side note–became a Catholic in her late 80’s, with me as her sponsor.) A good friend of … Read More
Feedback and a confessional story
From a reader… I went to confession! It had been 10 years. Your encouragement helped me get up the nerve to go. The hardest part was actually going to the church. I wrote down every single thing I wanted to … Read More
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Tagged absolution, confession, confessional, reconciliation, sacrament of penance
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JustaSinner on Vatican official “fed” Pachamama during ritual while in Peru: “Sorry, not sorry, for NOT praying for these wankers. Sun Tsu, Art of War…when your enemies are self destructing, leave…”
