Ellenita Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Confession is so different as a catholic isn't it, or is it just me that finds this? It's so embarressing to confess the same sins over again to a priest you really respect, especially when he seems such a 'holy' man! Anyone read Scott Hahn's book on Confession? I'm finding it very helpful.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatcatholic Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 "Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death by popcorn" --Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusader1234 Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 I try to make mine as brief and to the point as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezic Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 [quote name='Ellenita' date='Jan 25 2005, 07:11 PM'] Confession is so different as a catholic isn't it, or is it just me that finds this? It's so embarressing to confess the same sins over again to a priest you really respect, especially when he seems such a 'holy' man! Anyone read Scott Hahn's book on Confession? I'm finding it very helpful.... [/quote] i am really starting to get over that. I would rather say them all the time then not say stuff and still have it on my soul. (though it is strange cause if you mean to say it then the church teaches that God will forgive it as long as you had the true desire to confess it and were sorry it happened. at least that is what we were taught long ago. I think it is still the same.) What i find is that i end up drawing a total blank in the confessional. LIke i don't even know how to explain it. All of a sudden my life is like hidden from my eyes and i can only remember a few things here and there. It is strange cause beforehand i could have went on with stuff and then it just disappears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Honestly, I'd rather stuggle with the same sins than "branch out" into new areas... [quote]"Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death by popcorn" --Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen [/quote] :crackup: but it's still probably a struggle for them to confess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellenita Posted January 27, 2005 Author Share Posted January 27, 2005 [quote]Honestly, I'd rather stuggle with the same sins than "branch out" into new areas...[/quote] I wasn't planning on branching out! I was sort of hoping to put old stuff behind me....and aiming for the 'death by popcorn' scenario one day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Amen, sister! Here's to killing the priests by tossing popcorn his way!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathqat Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Maybe I'm just really lucky, but the only part of confession I've ever really dreaded was standing in a long line. ("Long" here means length of time, not necessarily number of people. I was second person in line once and still waited nearly an hour. My longest wait ever was 2 hours behind four people.) I love confession. It's one of my favorite things about being Catholic. Has been since I did it for the first time when I was 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezic Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 [quote name='cathqat' date='Jan 27 2005, 07:59 PM'] Maybe I'm just really lucky, but the only part of confession I've ever really dreaded was standing in a long line. ("Long" here means length of time, not necessarily number of people. I was second person in line once and still waited nearly an hour. My longest wait ever was 2 hours behind four people.) I love confession. It's one of my favorite things about being Catholic. Has been since I did it for the first time when I was 22. [/quote] i tend to let people go before me if i can wait. THe priest will still be there when i get my turn, but someone else might leave before they get to go so i don't take a spot till the end of the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusader1234 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 2 Hours for Four people?!?!?!?! I usually only take about 5 minutes or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezic Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 you must be pelting the priest with popcorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathqat Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 [quote name='crusader1234' date='Jan 29 2005, 11:55 PM'] 2 Hours for Four people?!?!?!?! I usually only take about 5 minutes or so... [/quote] My confessions are always very short too. Even my first confession, which covered 22 years and included some personal conversation, only took fifteen minutes. I'm not sure why a confession would take 30-45 minutes. I like to speculate that the priest is testing his homily for the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezic Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 i am one of the long people. Not because i say so much but there are always things to talk about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scardella Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Confessions from a long Confessee(?) I know for me, there's often background info that I'd like to give the priest for him to see exactly where I'm coming from so that he can give better advice. Sometimes, I even find that spilling it out helps in and of itself. It also depends on the priest. Some just give you your penance, and you're out the door. Others (which I prefer) actually give some advice in a sort of mini-spiritual direction session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fides_et_Ratio Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 When my confessions lasted longer than 30 minutes, I can assure you that it was usually my confessor doing most of the talking.. lol. However, also in his defense I will admit that I occasionally have a tendency to draw things out by "arguing"/discussing my complications with him. ( .... ) When I reconciled, it took over an hour... but I think that was mostly because I was a 17 year old girl saying I wanted to be a Catholic in the midst of the priestly "scandals"... I got a LOT of questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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