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Confessions of a Mega-Church Pastor
Allen Hunt (Hardcover) Beacon Publishing 2010-04-30
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im christain, but today in drama class we were tlkin about catholic confession and i dont really get it. do you go into a cubicle type room hiding faces and confess straight on? do you go with your parents? do you confess to everything? if you have any idea please hlp, im just curious! thanks
Confession, also called reconciliation or penance, is one of seven Catholic sacraments. During confession, a Catholic tells a priest her sins and receives absolution for them. Confession practices vary from church to church, but the scenario described below is typical.
Before going to confession, a Catholic might "examine her conscience" by reviewing past actions, thoughts, and patterns of behavior. Some Catholics evaluate their behavior in light of the Ten Commandments.
Catholic churches often offer confession on Saturday afternoons. The sacrament ordinarily takes from 5 to 20 minutes. First, the Catholic goes into a church and either enters a confessional (a small closet-like room, often at the back of churches) or a regular room designated as a confessional. Depending on the church and the person's own choice, the person kneels or sits, and then speaks to the priest through a screen or face to face.
Inside the confessional, the Catholic:
# Makes the sign of the cross and says: "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned," or simply begins to speak.
# Tells the priest how long it has been since she last confessed.
# Confesses her sins. While in the past people numbered sins ("I yelled at my brother 5 times"), some people now tend to summarize sinful behaviors ("I didn't treat my brother with respect" or "I didn't show my brother love").
The priest then might question the person or elicit more information. While some priests might help a person understand why she is acting in certain ways, confession is not equivalent to a psychotherapy session. Sins must be recognized as sins and not personality issues.
The person says a prayer expressing sorrow for her sins, such as the Act of Contrition:
O my God, I am heartily sorry
for having offended you,
and I detest all my sins
because of your just punishment,
but most of all because they offend you, my God,
Who are all good and deserving of my love.
I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace,
to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin.
The priest often gives the person a "penance," or deeds to perform to heal her relationships with God and others. For smaller sins, the priest might ask her to say certain prayers, such as several "Our Fathers." For more serious sins, more serious penances are specified, such as making restitution. The person is expected to perform the penance after she leaves the confessional or in the following days.
If the priest feels that the person is sincere (this is nearly always the case), he absolves her sins using a prayer such as:
God, the Father of mercies,
through the death and resurrection of his Son,
has reconciled the world to himself,
and sent the Holy Spirit among us
for the forgiveness of sins.
Through the ministry of the Church,
may God grant you pardon and peace.
And I absolve you of your sins,
in the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christia nity/Catholic/2001/08/What-Happens-Durin g-Confession.aspx
Some Protestants will say confession of sins to a priest is not in the Bible. That claim has to do with agendas, not the truth. For a list of verses, see http://www.scripturecatholic.com/confess ion.html
The Catholic Church has installed a new automatic confession service.
like, they want to confess and get stuff off of their chest
but aren't Catholic?
The non-Catholic MUST tell the priest that the person is not a Catholic, and then ask permission to confess.
NOTE: Priests cannot absolve non-Catholics of their sins.
Lets say I believe in God but don't belong to a church. I believe in the concept of an almighty God cause it's the same God right...no matter if you're a muslim, protestant or catholic.
Now lets say I'd wanna confess my sins (in a confession booth). Would I have to be a catholic to do so?
I'm just asking cause I was wondering how the act of confession works etc. It's not a personal question just curious...
Technically speaking, you would have to receive the sacrament of Baptism as a Catholic first. However I'm sure any priest would be willing to sit down and listen to you.
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I've always been curious what the Church expects (or commands or teaches) should happen after a mob boss or child molester confess their crimes to a priest. It would seem that they should have to not only confess to a priest, who represents the Church, but also to the police, who represent Public Society. This has gotta happen to priests, occasionally...any Catholic moral theologians out there who can answer this question? It would be prudant of the Magisterium, imho, to clarify this in light of the recent scandal in the U.S.
Actually, this is something that you should ask an expert about. In this case, an expert on Canon Law. Canon Law usually settles most disputes for us Catholics.
its my first time since joining the church - plaese help! thanks Arthur
Here's a few good sites, I hope this helps!!
Confession is wonderful and most churches have a small pamphlet called "How to make a good Confession" available, but these sites are great.
http://youth.stbrons.com/Prayers/guide_t o_confession.htm
http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/fea tures/anexaminationofconscience/sevendea dlysins.asp
Good luck and God bless!
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Unlike the other three writers for this site, I was raised Roman Catholic (Blue = Buddhist, Tao = Zen Buddhist, Butter = Nudist). I was even an altar boy for a period during the mid-80s, which I enjoyed. And no, not for the reasons you are thinking of, smart guy. Against all odds, I somehow made it through my tenure relatively unmolested (Sister Mary Margaret winked at me once, but that was probably just her Tourette’s).
No, the reason I liked being an altar boy was that you got to be part of the show. Carrying the cross, ringing the little bell, handing the priest the Jesus loaf and wine - at certain points during the mass, all eyes would be on you, and it was, dare I say, intoxicating. I liked to think of Father O’Rourke as Lionel Richie, and us altar boys were his Commodores; not the main attraction, mind you, but it sure as hell wouldn’t have been the same without us. Actually, that may be a bad example. But in any event, we also got to play in the altar boy baseball tournament every summer, which in and of itself was pretty sweet.
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