By: Bill Russell
In the Archdiocese of New York, confessions have virtually disappeared in most parishes. except for a few Manhattan parishes (the Franciscans and Father Rutler’s church.) The Sacrament of Holy...
View ArticleBy: LoneThinker
To place this in context, we are only obliged in Church Law to confess MORTAL sins, and that at least during the Easter season. Light sins are forgiven in the penitential rite, listen to the words of...
View ArticleBy: Ben Helgemo
Over the last year I have going to confession on a more regular basis. I a Mac iPhone junky and was all over the iConfess app. I used it and brought it into the confessional. It was a young priest but...
View ArticleBy: Jill
If the good Lord desires this for my life, marriage would not be a farce to me Bill.
View ArticleBy: priest's wife (@byzcathwife)
not bringing in a phone is to protect the seal of the confessional- I understand that you want to use the app and be organized, but on the other hand- wouldn’t you feel bad if the priest had a phone...
View ArticleBy: Rebecca
Having lived in New York City for the past eight years, confession was ALWAYS readily available. So much so, in fact, that there were days when I just couldn’t avoid the Holy Spirit prompting me to go...
View ArticleBy: Ann Gerard Francke
Christ, You consecrated Your Body and Blood, “the blood of the New & Eternal Covenant” for “the forgiveness of sins.” Christ, You breathed life into the Apostles, gave them the power to forgive and...
View ArticleBy: notenoughflair
First of all, I think that people should not only be praying for priests as they walk to the confessional, but should make a daily habit of praying for all priests, but especially their confessor....
View ArticleBy: Matt R
That wasn’t the right way to handle things, though. In fact, it sounds like it was the worst possible way to handle it. Priests should be aware of people using apps in church and Confession, and should...
View ArticleBy: Eric Korn
The sacrament of reconciliation is brilliant as it can bring to life the need to repent of our sins. It makes me more aware of how fall I fall short of God’s calling and it helps keep my mind on our...
View ArticleBy: Ted Seeber
I hate to say it, and I realize it’s canonically impossible, but: As a high functioning autistic, and a Catholic, who has to *fight* my own brain just to be in a room with another human being some...
View ArticleBy: Mary Bethany
One thing I seriously disagree with is that confession should take only a fee minutes or someone is doing it wrong. I do not see confession as counseling. Nor do I see it as a laundry list of sin. That...
View ArticleBy: USCCB – Preaching, Penance and Dorothy!
[...] will come. One of my firsts posts here at Patheos was on my experiences as a confessor – check it out here. This afternoon, in an unprecedented moment, through a unanimous voice vote the cause...
View ArticleBy: Helene Romero
Well said…..It’s a sacrament. Leave your phone outside. God deserves all of you. he ave all FOR you.
View ArticleBy: martha
I also disagree with the statement that a confession should be short… I mean, I sometimes have got questions of religious nature, how else can I get the answers? Myself, I missed confessions for about...
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