To: bdeaner
Here’s a hint, pastors: BE THERE! I realize you’re very busy, but if I load up eight children and show up at the scheduled time for Confession, only to find no priest and a line of people who’ve been trying to confess for weeks (all trying to be charitable ...), that indicates where the problem might be rooted, doesn’t it?
28 posted on
06/19/2009 2:42:17 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
(I think you're a genius, and I like your dog.)
To: Tax-chick
That happened in your parish? Very shameful. You might want to alert the Bishop in your diocese. I'd be tempted to go to the rectory and drag him by his ear to the confessional booth. I learned that tracik in grade school, first hand, from St. Joseph Mary. LOL.
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34 posted on
06/19/2009 2:52:03 PM PDT by
bdeaner
(The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? (1 Cor. 10:16))
To: Tax-chick
Yeah, maybe more folks would go if the appointed time was longer and more frequent than an hour before the Saturday vigil Mass for parishes with 1000-1500 families. I try to go weekly, sometimes it is crowded, sometimes not. Sometimes someone takes 20 minutes, which is a third of the allotted time. I often think, “what the heck would happen if just a 1/10th of our parish showed up?”.
Freegards
37 posted on
06/19/2009 3:02:15 PM PDT by
Ransomed
(Son of Ransomed Says Keep the Faith!)
To: Tax-chick
Our pastor has had to ADD times for Confession! LOL! A great demand for it!
63 posted on
06/19/2009 5:55:42 PM PDT by
Salvation
(With God all things are possible.)
To: Tax-chick
Wow! A sad story. Prayers for your pastors right now from my lips.
67 posted on
06/19/2009 6:02:07 PM PDT by
Salvation
(With God all things are possible.)
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