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To: Miss Marple

We have that here in Advent and in Lent. I keep telling them they need express lanes: "10 Sins or Fewer" but do they listen to me? One of my buddies calls it a "Confessathon".


29 posted on 03/25/2007 2:33:05 PM PDT by Mad Dawg (Tactical shotty, Marlin 1894c, S&W 686P, Sig 226 & 239, Beretta 92fs & 8357, Glock 22, & attitude!)
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To: Mad Dawg; Miss Marple
We have that here in Advent and in Lent. I keep telling them they need express lanes: "10 Sins or Fewer" but do they listen to me? One of my buddies calls it a "Confessathon".

Lol! That's actually a good suggestion.

In a manner similar to that experienced by Miss Marple, our small parish offers two Reconciliation Services each year. It is intended to serve two purposes. The service itself is quite beautiful, filled with Maronite chants, readings, the Gospel and an examination of conscience. This is then followed by private Confession.

Since our parish is filled with saints, it is a challenge to get the adults to come. So, this year, Father has invited the children - all the children (regardless of their age) - to experience the 'reconciliation' portion of the service, in an effort to prepare them for the Sacrament when they are of age. IMHO, it's quite clever. The children LOVE coming to Church and this 'communal' Reconciliation Service introduces them to the actual sacrament. Father's goal is to get their parents to take it to the next level by demonstrating to their children how to confess their sins by entering the confessional.

36 posted on 03/25/2007 3:59:43 PM PDT by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
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