A good friend of mine asked me to write about what it’s like to hear confessions.
The truth is, a priest can’t say much about the content he hears in confession, but in nearly every confession I have heard, I have said the following:
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One Ash Wednesday, my dad announced to my brother and I that for Lent he would be fasting on bread and water on Wednesdays and Fridays. He wondered if we would like to join him.
Aaron and I looked at each other thinking he had flipped his lid. Aaron said he’d stick to giving up arguing; I said I’d continue to refrain from hitting Aaron until Easter. With all of our resolutions on the table we were ready to begin our Lenten regimen.
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By Fr Jason Smith
I have found no better representation of conversion and penance in art than The Penitent Magdalene, by George de la Tour. Though simple, it expresses the essential elements behind every conversion, and we can find in it powerful lessons to apply to our own life. Let’s take a closer look.
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Dissemble [def.]: To disguise or conceal one’s true motives, feelings, beliefs, or intentions, (in other words, to lie); e.g., every one of the government’s proposed “compromises” on the HHS Mandate.
What part of the word “unacceptable” do they still not understand?
Cardinal Dolan released a statement about the Obama administration’s second compromise on the HHS Mandate and contraceptive coverage. In summary: More…
From an email I recently received
Many of you are making probable thinking about the March for Life commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade and yet in the midst of that, as I notified you last week, there have been some serious developments regarding the so called “Reproductive Health Act.” it is important from now on that we refer to this as the “Unlimited Abortion Act”, because More…
Hello Everybody!
Sorry for taking Monday off and not posting anything yesterday. I was busy researching.
I invested hours of time watching the Beyoncé Super Bowl Halftime Ritual over, and over, and over… searching for deep dark illuminati symbolism. Here is what I found: More…
“Women don’t turn to politicians for advice on mammograms, prenatal care, or cancer treatments, so why should they for abortion?”
Why should they? More…
It’s no surprise that the Obama administration has approved the sale of the abortifacient drug Plan-B in vending machines on college campuses.
I’m sorry, I must have missed something… Was there a plan A?
After all, they are dispensing it like Band-Aids at New York City public schools. More…
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