tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post1759007813977500124..comments2024-03-28T05:17:04.006-04:00Comments on southern orders: Apocalypse NowFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-20993021745122614222009-11-16T20:22:22.413-05:002009-11-16T20:22:22.413-05:00Once again, Father, your wordsmithing shines!
I re...Once again, Father, your wordsmithing shines!<br />I recently thought to myself that the Sacrament of Penance was my favorite Sacrament. Then, I thought again. Gotta have Communion or I'd just wither away. But Penance is a practically a tie. <br />And YOU put those feelings into perfect words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-89416239031591422622009-11-16T14:54:58.002-05:002009-11-16T14:54:58.002-05:00Very true Father, and part of my yearly commitment...Very true Father, and part of my yearly commitment has been to try and go to confession every other month, and my personal pledge to myself was to try and go monthly. However I wish the availability of the Sacrament was greater. At the parish closest to my home (not St Joseph) I have been twice turned away this year as the Priest needed to excuse himself to vest for Mass. Once at St. Joseph this year I decided to attend on a Saturday specifically to go to confession before Mass, only to find it had been canceled that evening due to a very busy schedule of events at the Church. I'm sure that was announced and I missed it, but my point is there is such a very small section of time (less than 2 hours of one day of the week) where the Confessional is open it is difficult to coordinate. I remember my youth growing up, when the Confessional's and their little red "occupied" lights constantly illuminated were available throughout mass, as well as before and after. Of course the Parish of my youth had a varying number of 3 to 5 Priests assigned, which is simply unheard of these days. I know Priests today are as over worked and harried as the laity, but I wish confession were "easier" to get to. I wish it were easier to do too, but that's my fault at least.Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204866760862707908noreply@blogger.com