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Some people have problems with hearing confessions on a Sunday. I think that's dumb. I wish every parish had more than one priest, one could be in the confessional, the other saying Mass. Or the priest could hear confessions before Mass - while people are adoring the Blessed Sacrament before Mass.
Anyway, the Holy Father visited a Roman parish today, and...
Early on Sunday the feast of the Holy Trinity Pope Francis made his first Pastoral visit to a Diocese in Rome. The Parish of Saint Elisabeth and Zechariah gave the Pope a rapturous welcome as he arrived by helicopter to celebrate Mass and administer the Sacrament of Holy Communion to 16 children. Also in a first for a Pope on a visit to a parish, the Holy Father heard the confessions of a least 7 people. - Vatican RadioI wish I could go to confession to him.
When I was very young I wanted to be a priest just so I could hear confessions and give people last rites... in other words, save souls.
More chat: I've only had two really bad confession experiences that I can recall. Once when I was convinced I knew more than the confessor and was miffed he wasn't impressed by my self-knowledge and humility. LOL! The other, when a priest told me he wasn't my mother (?) and that homosexual acts were not a mortal sin. I had to beg him for absolution. I think he had mental problems and may have been in treatment at the time.
Naughty!
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