tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post6513043576383215005..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Hesitant Advice for ConfessorsBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-35204504003427904972009-06-25T06:17:09.397-04:002009-06-25T06:17:09.397-04:00Thanks for that post, Father. It's very encour...Thanks for that post, Father. It's very encouraging for lay people to read that priests actually know about the shame and the guilt :)<br /><br />Julia, an elderly priest once told me that "hearing nuns' confessions is like being bludgeoned to death with cotton balls". I'm sure he needed some practice before he could offer helpful advice to the Sisters...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-62771906880132078022009-06-24T19:24:13.104-04:002009-06-24T19:24:13.104-04:00pennyante:
First of all, let me offer my apology ...pennyante:<br /><br />First of all, let me offer my apology on behalf of the priesthood.<br /><br />I have come to know that many people have had difficult experiences in confession, sometimes with terrible consequences. I too have been left hurt and very confused by some of what was supposed to be the pastoral care of my soul over the years.Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-42317064417891248582009-06-24T17:37:17.949-04:002009-06-24T17:37:17.949-04:00Thank you again for opening yourself to us in such...Thank you again for opening yourself to us in such a helpful way. <br /><br />I had some very traumatic childhood and adulthood experiences in the confessional that made it impossible for me to receive this sacrament for many years. <br /><br />I finally requested spiritual direction from my pastor, who sent me to an excellent SD who has helped me resolve a lot of those issues. I am so grateful for this help... I thank God that the confessional no longer holds fear for me.<br /><br />Fr. Charles, keep on addressing issues like this. I just hope your priest readers are listening...pennyantenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-84747921016464168072009-06-24T15:48:26.302-04:002009-06-24T15:48:26.302-04:00"Second, you will occasionally encounter a pe..."Second, you will occasionally encounter a penitent who is far more spiritually advanced than yourself."<br /><br />What an interesting point! I don't know about men's communities, but I know that some women's religious orders have one or two priests who act as confessors for all of the Sisters. Imagine the priest who needs to hear the confessions of a bunch of devout old nuns who have been in the cloister for 60 years! He must be either very holy or very used to that problem! :)Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01009902614965769604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-33785779375425354712009-06-24T13:13:49.659-04:002009-06-24T13:13:49.659-04:00"angry people in the parish office"
I h..."angry people in the parish office"<br /><br />I hope you meant 'visitors'<br /><br />All the people in our parish office are happy<br /><br />;)timhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062778573544803680noreply@blogger.com