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Post by cato on Jul 31, 2021 15:41:18 GMT
I remember before my own First Confession wondering why we had to tell our sins to a priest at all. Why not just directly tell them to God and ask forgiveness when praying. The teacher should have explained Christ forgave sins in the Gospels and in those same Gospels gave the power to forgive our sins to Peter and the apostles . The clergy are their spiritual descendents and it's one of their roles.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Jul 31, 2021 15:46:37 GMT
I remember before my own First Confession wondering why we had to tell our sins to a priest at all. Why not just directly tell them to God and ask forgiveness when praying. The teacher should have explained Christ forgive sins in the Gospels and in those same Gospels gave the power to forgive our sins to Peter and the apostles . The clergy are their spiritual descendents and its one of their roles. On a more human level, the catharsis of confessing to a priest is far beyond a silent mental confession to God, at least for most people. And the priest is qualified to advise us and discern the gravity of our sins. (Although I've had a lot of redundant long-winded advice in the confessional.)
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Post by hilary on Jul 31, 2021 20:20:18 GMT
I remember before my own First Confession wondering why we had to tell our sins to a priest at all. Why not just directly tell them to God and ask forgiveness when praying. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (available online) gives a good explanation in the section on the sacraments - this is just one of the paragraphs which quotes from the Second Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians (2 Cor 5:18 and 20). 1442 Christ has willed that in her prayer and life and action his whole Church should be the sign and instrument of the forgiveness and reconciliation that he acquired for us at the price of his blood. But he entrusted the exercise of the power of absolution to the apostolic ministry which he charged with the "ministry of reconciliation."42 The apostle is sent out "on behalf of Christ" with "God making his appeal" through him and pleading: "Be reconciled to God."43 www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM
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Post by Seán Ó Murchú on Aug 4, 2021 11:17:12 GMT
The Conversation the Irish Media and Oligarchy buried
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Post by Seán Ó Murchú on Nov 18, 2021 15:33:16 GMT
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Nov 18, 2021 16:12:26 GMT
Not me. I'm against all vaccine-related discrimination.
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Post by cato on Nov 18, 2021 17:14:55 GMT
Sinn Fein supported this in Belfast. They oppose it down the road in Dublin.
We have over 93% of adults vaccinated and spend €50 billion Euros fighting Covid and still the HSE is in peril . Victory is always over the hill. I suspect we should have talked to the Swedes.
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Post by Seán Ó Murchú on Nov 19, 2021 8:51:01 GMT
Sinn Fein supported this in Belfast. They oppose it down the road in Dublin. We have over 93% of adults vaccinated and spend €50 billion Euros fighting Covid and still the HSE is in peril . Victory is always over the hill. I suspect we should have talked to the Swedes. Sinn Fein
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Feb 28, 2022 11:38:36 GMT
Despite the lifting of the mask mandate today, most students and staff in UCD are still wearing them. I haven't had any dirty looks for not wearing one, though.
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Post by cato on Mar 3, 2022 17:04:09 GMT
Out in Dublin City centre today. Very few masks being worn by people on the streets. Shop staff seem to be wearing them but 80% + of bus passengers seem to have abandoned masks . So much for the solemn scientific prophecies of indefinite mask wearing.
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Post by hilary on Mar 18, 2022 23:42:16 GMT
In my local parish it's still about 99% masks. I was wondering out loud to another parishioner about when the holy water would come back and he said "Oh I don't think that'll ever come back"! Maybe Easter?
I heard about a priest in the U.S. who used the wrong form of words in baptisms over a number of years - he said "we baptise you..." instead of "I baptise you..", and all of the baptisms were considered invalid. I wonder about the baptisms using cotton buds for the oil and chrism - like the masks the cotton buds seem like a barrier between people.
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Post by cato on Mar 19, 2022 11:45:39 GMT
In my local parish it's still about 99% masks. I was wondering out loud to another parishioner about when the holy water would come back and he said "Oh I don't think that'll ever come back"! Maybe Easter? I heard about a priest in the U.S. who used the wrong form of words in baptisms over a number of years - he said "we baptise you..." instead of "I baptise you..", and all of the baptisms were considered invalid. I wonder about the baptisms using cotton buds for the oil and chrism - like the masks the cotton buds seem like a barrier between people. All you need for validity Hilary is water and the minister ( who need not even be a believer) using the trinitarian formula while pouring the water over the head of the child. The anointing and blessings are part of a valid and licit normal baptism and can be performed at a later date in the case of an emergency baptism.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Mar 19, 2022 11:57:09 GMT
I'm not fixated on the question of Communion in the hand and I believe Communion in the hand is perfectly licit.
However, it's not my preference.
I have been receiving on the hand ever since the churches re-opened after Covid. Reluctantly, but I didn't want any drama. A couple of weeks ago I decided I would present my tongue instead. The extraordinary minister (I go to a priest when available, but the priest in this case is mobility-impaired and doesn't distribute Communion) asked me to take it in the hand instead. I didn't argue, I just went back to my pew and immediately left the church.
Thankfully this wasn't in my home parish so I never have to go to that church again. I have seen Communion in my home parish and in UCD being distributed on the tongue.
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Post by cato on Mar 19, 2022 14:59:13 GMT
I'm not fixated on the question of Communion in the hand and I believe Communion in the hand is perfectly licit. However, it's not my preference. I have been receiving on the hand ever since the churches re-opened after Covid. Reluctantly, but I didn't want any drama. A couple of weeks ago I decided I would present my tongue instead. The extraordinary minister (I go to a priest when available, but the priest in this case is mobility-impaired and doesn't distribute Communion) asked me to take it in the hand instead. I didn't argue, I just went back to my pew and immediately left the church. Thankfully this wasn't in my home parish so I never have to go to that church again. I have seen Communion in my home parish and in UCD being distributed on the tongue. I recall when we moved from exclusively receiving Holy Communion on the tongue to communion in the hand and it was emphasised this would be an option and not a replacement practice. The official liturgical norm is still on the tongue as pope John Paul ii and Benedict xvi insisted on in Rome at papal masses. Not sure about current practice though. Individual extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist are normally not well versed in liturgical norms unfortunately and don't realise people have a canonical right to receive either way.
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Post by hilary on Mar 31, 2022 18:10:52 GMT
In my local parish it's still about 99% masks. I was wondering out loud to another parishioner about when the holy water would come back and he said "Oh I don't think that'll ever come back"! Maybe Easter? I heard about a priest in the U.S. who used the wrong form of words in baptisms over a number of years - he said "we baptise you..." instead of "I baptise you..", and all of the baptisms were considered invalid. I wonder about the baptisms using cotton buds for the oil and chrism - like the masks the cotton buds seem like a barrier between people. All you need for validity Hilary is water and the minister ( who need not even be a believer) using the trinitarian formula while pouring the water over the head of the child. The anointing and blessings are part of a valid and licit normal baptism and can be performed at a later date in the case of an emergency baptism. There was a lot of negative comment about it on social media but I think it was very honest of the diocese and the priest to admit it and endure the fallout. I came across this from the Vatican about the modification of the sacramental formula of baptism. press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2020/08/06/0406/00923.html#risposteinThe article about the priest (of the Phoenix Diocese) also led me to read about the Eudist Servants Community. He had been a member of the community. They operate a ministry centre near the La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico - the nuns provide a refuge for women leaving prison, women visiting incarcerated family members in the prison and women and children coming to Tijuana for treatment for cancer. Finally, I'm delighted to say that there was holy water in the font in the church where I went to Mass on Sunday.
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