Posted on 09/30/2007 1:38:44 PM PDT by NYer
No, not a joke, and not intended to be disrespectful in any way. Recently, I attended a Catholic mass and was surprised at the large number of parishoners who received communion, virtually everyone in the church. Should I believe that they all went to confesssion the day/night before? If so, why the talk about the vanishing confession? Surely, the churches must be filled with confessors and the story false. Yes? No?
1. believe what you wish. 2.by "all the talk," do you mean the Time story? What authority have they to know what's vanishing and what isn't, what's "coming back" and what isn't, with regard to the Eternal Church?
I've never found a confessional empty during posted hours, and some have been known to make a confession any time by asking a priest, myself included.
this appears to be an attempt at making your own "comeback."
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