Is My Confession Really a Secret? (The Seal of Confession Explained)
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- Today, Fr. Mike tells us about the story of the patron saint of confessors, St. John Nepomucene, who gave up his life because he refused to break something called the "seal of confession", which is a sacred duty of a priest to never reveal what is said in the confessional.
God himself established the priesthood as the mediators of reconciliation in the Gospel (John 2-:21-22). The Church takes this sacred responsibility so seriously, that any priest who breaks the seal of confession is automatically excommunicated.
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I'm a fairly new Catholic, was baptized/confirmed 5 years ago from last Saturday night, Easter vigil mass of 2018. One of the things that most surprised me about becoming Catholic was just how powerful confession is. I have never left the confession booth with a dry eye. It is an incredibly special moment to hear the priest's words of absolution. But also important...learn to forgive yourself, just as Christ forgave you...don't hold on to the sins that He has paid the price for!
Truth. Amazing how difficult that last part can be for so many of us.
@@allamericanwiseass the most hurtful thing I ever experienced was a priest who told my personal confession to another person and said my name, I lost all my respect for this priest and then went to the monseigneur for r my personal confession, he gave me the best advice ever .
That's beautiful my friend and alot of truth
@@bettyvarone4420 what was the advice? (If you can share)
Congratulations!!
Thank you for spreading the word Father. Online voices like yours, have helped me rebuild my relationship with God. I have returned to church after years of absence. 😊
Welcome Back!
Awesome! Glad for you👍🏼🙏🏼
Welcome home! ❤ 🙏
Same here… after 42 years! Thank God for Fr Mike Schmitz!!
May God guide and protect you, and bless you always. 🙏🏻
Fr Mike is a ray of sunshine☺️ We are so blessed to have him.
On the day after Easter, the pastor of a Roman Catholic parish in Maryland that was home to a dozen priests accused of sexual abuse will be saying the rosary for their victims.
The Rev. Santhosh George made the announcement on the homepage of the St. Mark Church in Catonsville on Thursday, the day after that the state’s top prosecutor accused the Archdiocese of Baltimore of covering up the sexual abuse of more than 600 children for over a half-century. yeah such a wonderful cult!
The world is lucky to have him.
it is a moment that changed my life. Last year, June 24th on the feast day of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, at the Divine Mercy hour 3:00 I went back to confession for the fist time in 12 years. Abandoned my mortal sins and never looked back. Partaking in the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist motivates me more than anything to not fall for the vices that plagued me for far too long. God bless you my brothers and sisters. If you are considering confession I strongly recommend it. I was dead, but now I live!
June 24th is also the feast day of St. John the Baptist. ❤
God Bless
@@mlp023 yes, it was an extra special day. He (St. John) decreased so that Jesus may have increased that day 😊. It was also the day Roe v Wade got overturned.
On the day after Easter, the pastor of a Roman Catholic parish in Maryland that was home to a dozen priests accused of sexual abuse will be saying the rosary for their victims.
The Rev. Santhosh George made the announcement on the homepage of the St. Mark Church in Catonsville on Thursday, the day after that the state’s top prosecutor accused the Archdiocese of Baltimore of covering up the sexual abuse of more than 600 children for over a half-century. yeah such a wonderful cult!
A priest told me once confessions are like mini exorcisms. It kinda makes sense when you open your heart, you shed all the shame and guilt and you become clean again. You were so clearly born to be a man of God father we love you here .
Amen! A confession is more powerful than an official exorcism
Confession is more powerful than exorcism ❤
I heard Father Ripperger say this too. Confession is very powerful. Makes demons flee.
I'm an adult convert to the faith. I always get very nervous before confession, but once I go through all my sins, I feel better and feel contrite. The priests have always been compassionate, soft-spoken, encouraging, and reminding me of the love of Jesus. The last time I went, I literally felt a weight drop off of me at the point of absolution. What a blessing!
Remember that the priest wears the purple stole during Reconciliation because it is the symbol of priestly authority to forgive sins; he is acting as the mediator for Christ. (This is also true for exorcisms, BTW, for the same reason). Some priests have said that God has given them the Grace of forgetfulness, so they literally don't remember what they've heard.
Beware of the sin of pride, that tells you that you are so unique, that no one could have possibly committed the sins that you have. Naming the sin will free you from the devil.
A very powerful movie highlighting the sanctity of the seal of confession is "I Confess", with Montgomery Cliff (1953).
I am also an adult convert :)
I have been to confession twice now. I was confirmed at Easter Vigil, and my sons and I met Jesus in the Eucharist together for the first time. They have been once. I would never even ask them what they confessed. Never. As for me, at my first reconciliation I confessed something that has troubled me since I was a young boy. I come from a tradition that calls everyone to public confession, and there is no way on earth I would have ever gone forward with this. I am so grateful. I told Father L I had told Jesus so many times I was sorry, and I knew he had forgiven me. Father L told me that though I knew I was forgiven, I had never heard and, and now I would. And I did. I am so thankful I found my way home. God bless you all.
I went to confession yesterday for first time in many yrs. I feel free. I let it all out. It was killing my soul. Thank you Jesus. It’s a special gift to be able to verbalize what’s killing your soul.
I've recently converted from the church of England to the Catholic Church. I could listen to Father Mike all day.
Oh Fr. Mike, how I wish you were my confessor. I went to Confession a month ago, intending to make a complete, honest confession. My parish does not have a resident priest; however, we have a visiting priest who says Mass most Saturdays, which is usually when I attend Mass. He was hearing Confession that night. He berated and scolded me so badly in the midst of my confession that I couldn’t even continue. I’m so hurt and full of shame. I can’t even look that priest in the eye without crying.
I’m so sorry to hear this was not a good experience for you. Even priests themselves can be broken -I have had confession at other Catholic churches out of town before. Maybe that might be a possibility for you, God bless.
My heart breaks for you. That is deeply traumatic. A mini version of that happened to me many years ago. Go to the bishop and tell him what happened. In meantime, go to another parish and go tell that priest in confession what happened. God will heal you through other priests. You need 100 good encounters to balance out one intensely bad one.
That’s my fear!! I’m going tonight after 10 years and I have some serious and old sins that I’ve never confessed because I was afraid of being reprimanded or being made to feel ashamed.
I am sending your message to the professed Catholic democrat senators in my home state, Washington, as this fallen state considers legislation (SB5280), to force priests to break this seal. Please add your powerful prayers that Sens Cantwell and Murray are convicted by your inspired explanation. God bless you, Fr. Mike!
Other parts of the world are following the move of other states in the US. I am worried that more and more lawmakers are insisting upon the breaking of this seal. This is a serious issue that needs to be addressed more thoroughly. Thanks for bringing this up.
I sent this video link to our state's two senators, and 3 representatives. No replies yet; I sadly learned that the bill to compel priests is waiting to be sent to our governor's desk. It seems almost arrogant to plead for God's Mercy on such a "stiff-necked" people.
What?!! How horrible that would even be considered!!😱😳🫢
I was hoping to see this comment somewhere. I am ashamed of my state and hopefully will not be living in WA much longer due to their extreme policies. Thank you for saying something.
I spent around 12 years away from confession. When I finally went, it felt so good and it wasn’t that hard. Now I go regularly. At first I felt pretty bad for doing my sins again and again. But later I understood that we can’t give up and the divine mercy is always open to us
I told my kids when they were nervous about confession- no one likes to go to confession to say what they have done wrong, but everyone loves forgiveness. I went astray as a teenager and came back before the birth of my 1st child. I said to the priest face to face, bless me father for I have sinned. It has been 25 years since my last confession. He smiled at me and said Well, welcome back! He administered the sacrament of anointing of the sick in 2014 when I was fighting breast cancer and he died at age 57 from throat cancer. I was so blessed to have him as a priest. It is never to late to come back to God.
Unfortunately this happened at my parish with a first confession of a child- nothing serious but it occurred. It was reported but the priest continued to say mass. This can really shake one’s faith but my advice is to continue to seek the sacraments. This video came at the perfect time so thank you Ascension and Fr Mike.
I just went to confession today after 25 years. I was so nervous, now I am so happy I went.
I still tremble everytime I approach the confessional.
But as you said, everytime I go out, it feels like a moment of hope and love.
Good timing, I’m going to confession today.
I love the sacrament of Confession. The seal truly keeps it holy, and I would not have had any spiritual growth without it.
This is beautiful and true. Thank God for the Church's wisdom in this. God bless you, Fr. Mike. Prayers.
I’ve never heard it explained like this. I can’t wait to share it with those who have found the secrecy an injustice, because you’ve explained it so eloquently. Thank you, Mr. Mike!
Greeting father mike from the holy land ✝️❤
do you live there?
God bless you Father Mike. I often find going to Confession difficult, but afterwards I am so grateful I went. A couple years ago I went to Confession for the first time since I was a kid, and it was a massive turning point in my life.
Confession is like a shower for one's soul.
I wish my parish priest would return to the old "kneel in a box" method. He holds confessions face to face, sitting in armchairs in his office. I hate it. I am talking to God. I need the good Father to be my confessor, not my therapist. I would be so much more comfortable kneeling in penitence, talking to the shadow behind the screen, and feeling much freer to say what I need to say.
A murderer or worse (and there are worse things) often meet retribution from the Lord when they least expect it. So for a Priest to hear these ghastly things and not being able to reveal even to the Police what they’ve heard, they KNOW that the Lord has also heard. God Bless you Father Mike, I include you in my prayers every night.
Greetings 🫖☕ Dear Catholics good morning 🌄 Thank you father Mike for your spiritual guidance the soul is important.....I have fallen so many times praying to Gods mercy and many times I have had to star over , forgive and trust God ⚡🙏God knows I am human God created me I received the name 🌹
Desde España muchas gracias por sus palabras, padre. La confesión es un maravilloso regalo de la misericordia de Dios. Y un homenaje a la humanidad santísima de nuestro Señor Jesús.
Thanks Fr Mike, for giving us the confidence to approach confession. God Bless. Claire.
Thank you, Fr.Mike. God is always present in the confessional when we go to confess. Have mercy on me, Lord - a sinner 🙏
I have found going to confession monthly has helped me less afraid. Also, Fr Mikes little confession book has helped immensely!
Baptism started the relationship with Jesus. Confession strenghthed my relationship.
I thank God that I can go to you and be forgiven. Thank you, Father Mike.
On the day after Easter, the pastor of a Roman Catholic parish in Maryland that was home to a dozen priests accused of sexual abuse will be saying the rosary for their victims.
The Rev. Santhosh George made the announcement on the homepage of the St. Mark Church in Catonsville on Thursday, the day after that the state’s top prosecutor accused the Archdiocese of Baltimore of covering up the sexual abuse of more than 600 children for over a half-century. yeah such a wonderful cult!
Imagine going to confession every day. It sounds appealing to me since I am a lapsed Catholic who is "working backwards." It's been suggested I write every sin down (it's been 20 years since I had a decent confession) but some of the sins are so big I can barely get the words out without completely crying. I am confessing in stages. I'm not afraid of tough - confessing has been such an overwhelming experience ( in a good way, but it takes me awhile to digest/process the experience. I have also found that the line to confession in my church has been surprisingly long- like on a Thursday morning, ordinary time. My return to the church has been a life changing journey- there is so much to learn, I feel I am becoming a fundamentally different person- I never would have imagined the change in my spirit and soul 20 years ago
For all who are interested there is a saint over here in Europe called St. John Nepomuk. He was a priest and the kings wife went to confession at him. So the king became curious and wanted to know what his wife confessed and he called John but he didnt break his seal of confession and got killed. Till today his tongue is not deceased.
Great video. Just a little correction from a Czech guy...Czechoslovakia existed only in the years between 1918-1992. In the 14th centrury it was the Kingdom of Bohemia, but that is just a detail :)
Didn't he butcher his surname tho? I'm slavic (Slovene) and we say it like Ne-Po-mook. Is that wrong? How do you actually pronounce it?
@@LucijaC24 His name in czech is Jan Nepomucký which means Jan z Nepomuk (John from Nepomuk).
Thanks Father Mike for this. Just a couple of addendums. A valid confession includes sincere contrition for sins committed, and a sincere intent to not sin again. I believe that the sacrament of confession is essential on so many levels.
Thank you so much Fr. Mike, and Ascension. God Bless you always 🙏🏻
On the day after Easter, the pastor of a Roman Catholic parish in Maryland that was home to a dozen priests accused of sexual abuse will be saying the rosary for their victims.
The Rev. Santhosh George made the announcement on the homepage of the St. Mark Church in Catonsville on Thursday, the day after that the state’s top prosecutor accused the Archdiocese of Baltimore of covering up the sexual abuse of more than 600 children for over a half-century. yeah such a wonderful cult!
I'm so happy my King or technically our King was so happy in confessing his own confession on his death bed and which helped me receive him at his death and to bring him to Jesus. I know his family did this as well. I hope we all love each other. I miss my spiritual father and my best friend. Very close in age. He was 52 and loved by so many.
Please do a video on explaining excommunication. Thanks love everything!!
why not talk about this cults plague??? On the day after Easter, the pastor of a Roman Catholic parish in Maryland that was home to a dozen priests accused of sexual abuse will be saying the rosary for their victims.
The Rev. Santhosh George made the announcement on the homepage of the St. Mark Church in Catonsville on Thursday, the day after that the state’s top prosecutor accused the Archdiocese of Baltimore of covering up the sexual abuse of more than 600 children for over a half-century. yeah such a wonderful cult!
Just as sins are heard and forgiven during confession, the priests don't, can't and really don't want to remember anybody's sins. And considering how many confessions they may hear in any given period of time, even if he wanted to remember he probably couldn't.
Why would any priest want to? It would be like memorializing last week's trash that the garbage truck hauled away.
Thank you are Mike for all you do for us all. Please always continue. Priesthood is not easy.
Truly an amazing gift out Lord Jesus Christ gave to us humans. Confession
Fr. Mike,
Your videos are key part of what lead me to the fullness of the truth versus being protestant. It's much like an older Irish Priest told me here in the Archdiocese of New Orleans; the protestant's have the elements of Gumbo, but they're missing some pretty important ingredients. I know for me a video I would have loved to have seen you do and would have helped me when i was on my journey is on the Sacrament of reconciliation versus having a perfectly contrite heart. Thanks for all you do!
Thank you Fr. Mike for your continued catechism in a worldwide platform and I hope more and more people listen and follow. It would truly be unfortunate if the Seal of Confession becomes a "turn off" to some. Following God, obeying His Commandments, accepting His ONE, True, Holy, Apostolic Church - its teachings, dogmas/magisteriun is not about what suits man's likings, what one can cherry-pick from. It is either you accept the Catholic faith and its interpretation of God's will and you live by it or you don't. It's not an injustice not to reveal the sins, on the contrary, it is more of an injustice to reveal it because a person came to you in confidence and confessed their sins to you (Jesus personified) and to you alone. It would be a betrayal of trust to break the seal. Plus we all are sinners. Didn't Jesus asked if anyone is without sin, let them cast the first stone? Confession is a sacrament of MERCY AND FORGIVENESS not a sacrament of JUDGMENT AND CONDEMNATION. What happens in Confessions is between you and God. It doesn't make sense anybody else should be told what was said in Confession.
Thank you for mentioning this remarkable Saint
Saint Pedopholist! might be a good one! why not talk about this cults plague??? On the day after Easter, the pastor of a Roman Catholic parish in Maryland that was home to a dozen priests accused of sexual abuse will be saying the rosary for their victims.
The Rev. Santhosh George made the announcement on the homepage of the St. Mark Church in Catonsville on Thursday, the day after that the state’s top prosecutor accused the Archdiocese of Baltimore of covering up the sexual abuse of more than 600 children for over a half-century. yeah such a wonderful cult!
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I find that confession shines a light down into the dark places. It is just too easy for the accuser, the evil one to hold you hostage to your sins you hide, which leaves you vulnerable to more errors, but to go confession, to say it out loud, to give it to God, to drag that sin out into the light of Christ, and reveal it, dissipates its dark power in the light of the Trinity. It is also important to know we need to keep our hearts neat and tidy, so we go with clean heart to mass and communion. I am very shy, but it is worth it to go to confession.
Well stated, my sister! ❤️🙏♥️
You're so entertaining for a priest. SO enthusiastic and fun.
I needed to hear this! Thank you Father Mike🙏
Im grateful for the seal of confession.
Here in Germany we call him Johannes Nepomuk and he is a popular saint on many old bridges are statues from saint Nepomuk.
So, I keep seeing Saint Pio pop up and spiritually stalk me and I am all of a sudden seeing a million things about confession pop up 😅it’s definitely time for me to go back and take care of my soul.
How interesting, how did he keep popping up for you?? 😳🤔🧐
We are blessed to hv u as priest ❤
Thank you Fr. Mike. The great Redemptorist Saint John Neumann is named after him (Saint John Nepomucene Neumann CSSR).
Another story I love is how Saint Gerard Majella is the patron of a good confession (even though he was a lay brother and not a priest), During one of his own confessions he reminded the priest of a past sin he (the priest) had forgotten to confess.
Thank you for your caring and foresight ❤
The best three things for me about the practice of my faith are: Confession; Eucharist; and Adoration. How one can live as a serious Christian, truly aspiring to holiness, yet lack those three sources of grace for the strength needed in this lifelong battle, that is something I cannot imagine. I know I couldn't do it.
God Bless you Father
The confessional door is like that narrow door or gate that few have the strength to enter by. It leads to the Eucharistic Feast via way of the state of grace. Those who don't enter it go by the wide way which leads to destruction and condemnation.
I wish my priest would hold confession more regularly. It’s very hit-and-miss with no regular time. I usually end up going to other churches.
Wow. Have you ever asked anyone WHY?
Same our praich is very sleepy old and rural and most don't really consider anyone guilty of any mortal sins
I’ve seen churches that only offer it for a half hour every month. The first Tuesday 2-2:30 I believe it was. Yeah…
God bless father mike!!!
Great homily Fr Mike… not new but always great to hear again and again. God Bless you! 🇨🇦💐🙏
On the day after Easter, the pastor of a Roman Catholic parish in Maryland that was home to a dozen priests accused of sexual abuse will be saying the rosary for their victims.
The Rev. Santhosh George made the announcement on the homepage of the St. Mark Church in Catonsville on Thursday, the day after that the state’s top prosecutor accused the Archdiocese of Baltimore of covering up the sexual abuse of more than 600 children for over a half-century. yeah such a wonderful cult!
Thank you Fr. Mike! I am a cradle Catholic and understand everything you expressed in this video quite well! I have a slightly controversial question about confession involving a specific scenario: what if a child reveals that they are being abused during their confession? How would you manage this situation and what does the church say?
I see you have been waiting two weeks for an answer. I will do my best to give you an answer. I am not a priest, and do not know how such a situation would be handled, but I think that the priest would counsel the child to tell another adult (whom they trust) what is happening to them, and to ask that adult for help.
Also, since it is not the child's own sin that he or she is confessing, the priest MAY (I don't know) not be bound by the seal.
I present you another scenario:
What if the child is being abused by a father, who enters the confessional right after the child, and the father confesses that he has been abusing his son or daughter? I would expect the priest to offer the Rite of Absolution, but also to counsel that parent to seek professional help to stop himself from committing further abuse.
Thank you for all the good work you and Ascension do Father Mike, keeping you in my prayers!
oh yeah great work!! disgusting! On the day after Easter, the pastor of a Roman Catholic parish in Maryland that was home to a dozen priests accused of sexual abuse will be saying the rosary for their victims.
The Rev. Santhosh George made the announcement on the homepage of the St. Mark Church in Catonsville on Thursday, the day after that the state’s top prosecutor accused the Archdiocese of Baltimore of covering up the sexual abuse of more than 600 children for over a half-century. yeah such a wonderful cult!
@@ezragonzalez8936 I'll be praying for you. My heart breaks for the people you're speaking of, but it also doesn't help to conflate two completely different issues. What those priests did was horribly wrong. But at the same time, it is only through the example of Christ that we can so definitively say how wicked what they did is. Luke 17:2 "It would be better for him (the person doing evil to a child) if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble." It is only in the Christian world that we condemn these monsters. Too often throughout other cultures even today that sort of thing is permitted.
Confessions for me were always public until I confessed to a priest. I love Jesus so much you have to share everything to everyone. Even your imperfections. Not purposely to keep being imperfect but yes sins are what make us imperfect. And I'm happy I have not sinned since Ash Wednesday February 22 2023. Sadly a friend of mine had to die for my sins too. So I get that truly and this is why I am trying to avoid all sins since then.
Yes, I may have opened the seal of confession. Take it from a woman of course. I don't mind. Hearing confessions and speaking my confession. Because I believe them to be what God tells me they are not of some clerical law.
Thank you for making content like this.
Blessing from Poland ❤❤❤
Fr Mike is having a great day today lol
Johannes Nepomuk - as we call him in Austria.
Patron of confessors and of bridges.
And he is depicted with 5 stars around his head, representing the 5 letters TACUI (latin for "I stayed silent")
Thank you Father Mike, God bless you 🙏
St. John of Nepomuk
B. 1345 in Nepomuk, Czechia
D. 1393 in Prague, Czechia
Also popularly known as St. John Nepomucene (neh-po-mu-seen)😇
I am so, so thankful that I finally went to confession in 2021 and 2022. I have three bi, big or should I say huge, huge dealy sins. The first one was in March of 1997, the second was was in March of 1999, the third one was in May of 2003. Here is the thing..... I did not even know that they were deadly sins. I just thought that is normal. A normal thing to do. Little did I know that is the worse sins of my life. I was partially blind. Now, I realized that this 3 sins are against God. Thank God for the confessional. My Confessor heard my two sins. The following year he heard my third deadly sin which I still did not know is a sin. Once, I found out that I have sinned against God Laws and Commandments. Thank God that now I can see clearly the RAW UNFILTERED TRUTH. Unofortunately we grow in a godless society who thinks that abortion is normal, masectomy , sterelization, fornication is okay. Praise The Lord O My Soul. Praise The Lord O My Soul.
Thank you Father Mike Schmitz and Ascension Press. God bless you all. ( Friday April 14, 2023 ).
A good movie about the seal of confession is Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess. The movie is set in French Canada, but the true story that the movie is based on happened in France in about the 1880s.
Thank you for sharing 😊 I will try to find it. Where did you see it?
Also making sure that people waiting in line are not so close to the confessional because they're usually very echoey and sometimes the confessor or some penitent speak too loud or the penitent may sometimes be asked to speak up. Making sure the secrecy is protected from outsiders .
On the day after Easter, the pastor of a Roman Catholic parish in Maryland that was home to a dozen priests accused of sexual abuse will be saying the rosary for their victims.
The Rev. Santhosh George made the announcement on the homepage of the St. Mark Church in Catonsville on Thursday, the day after that the state’s top prosecutor accused the Archdiocese of Baltimore of covering up the sexual abuse of more than 600 children for over a half-century. yeah such a wonderful cult!
It's like I confessed to you that I was just watching Father Ray Kelly's eyebrows in his video singing at Chris and Leah's wedding.
Even doctors/psychiatrists, and lawyers have to keep their clients information privileged. So, it seems this is for the protection of the client, but in confession it is even more critical because it means saving their souls.
1. Is the forgiveness of sins in the absolution contingent upon the completion of the penance?
2. Is a plenary or partial indulgence always required to remove the temporal punishment for sin, while the absolution only removes the eternal punishment?
Good video Father Mike. Interesting and sad story.
Fr. Mike, how does a mute Catholic make a confession? Do they write it down for the confessor to know? Are priests taught sign language for this purpose?
Loved this video!!! Isn't it true that the priest doesn't remember what is said in confession anyway though?
Monsignor de Segur has a small book about confession where he tells something very interesting: during the french revolution, many priests abandoned faith. Some of them committed terrible sins, even delivering some of their own sheep to be beheaded by the authorities. But there was not one single case of a priest breaking the seal of confession. One priest rejected his faith and was living together with a woman, and she asked him one day to reveal things he heard in confession. He not only didn't do it, but he also got really mad.
You are amazing! seriously I admire your work
Praise the Lord
Fr Mike, just think St John Nepomucine ( “Mu-ci-nex” )
😂
Thank you for sharing with us another great saint. I am super grateful for the gift of the Sacrament of Reconciliation!
Saint pedophilus! even better why not talk about this cults plague??? On the day after Easter, the pastor of a Roman Catholic parish in Maryland that was home to a dozen priests accused of sexual abuse will be saying the rosary for their victims.
The Rev. Santhosh George made the announcement on the homepage of the St. Mark Church in Catonsville on Thursday, the day after that the state’s top prosecutor accused the Archdiocese of Baltimore of covering up the sexual abuse of more than 600 children for over a half-century. yeah such a wonderful cult!
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Consequences are high and lead to not wanting to confess.
I recently found out that confessions cannot be made virtually. I live and work in a non-English speaking country and my parish priest doesn’t speak English. I have not gone to confession in about two years because of the language barrier. I thought I could do a confession via zoom, for example but I learned that that’s not possible.
The confession is still valid, even if the priest doesn’t understand!
This is beautiful, Fr. Mike! My question is what happens if someone confesses e.g. a murder to you? Do you ask them to confess to authority and/or withhold absolution until they do?
I don’t think they withhold absolution and they cannot tell the authority’s
They can’t.
I love holy confession! ❤
Amen Fr. Mike. Amen 🙏
Thank you for this.
The ocean without wind don't move !!! You understand my point Father Mike ???????
Word.
Greetings Father Mike,
Thoughts :-
-> Message reflect with, "One's Own Sacramental Confession establishes Spiritual Reconciliation with Holy Trinity in every sense in every aspect of Life."
-> Good Valuable Insights on Patron of Confessors and Vocation in Priesthood.
-> Thanks for the Kind Message, Father.
With regards & Prayers,
Ranjith Joseph (R.J)
Do priests discuss our confessions with each other? I understand what you've said that it's sacred to reveal our confessions but what about with each other??
in German the Patron Saint is named Johannes Nepomuk. We have several chapels named and blessed by his name
The Czech name of John Nepomucene is Jan Nepomucký. In English, we would read that as Yan Nepomootsky.
Thank you for this explanation of confession. I have a question.. how does one confess their sins when they are home bound? How does one celebrate the body and blood of Christ, if they are home bound? These are situations that I struggle with. I have always prayed to the Lord. I have always believe in the Lord and his love, but can not return to the physical structure of the church being home bound and I struggle. Can you help me?
Contact your priest. They bring the sacraments to you
It's interesting that this would come out now with all of the information coming out about how the feds basically went under cover at Catholic Churches and tried to get priests to spill confessions as intel. I hope that every priest is as true as Father Mike and takes the faith seriously. Granted, I hope that every person as much as possible does.
i think you've helped me father in reshaping how i approach confessions, so thank you! but a question, if the father doesn't call out names, but like, tells the confession of a person's sins anyways, would it still abide by the rules of the church for a father? genuine question (god bless tho ✝️, the ending remarks about the sacrament of confession was truly helpful)
Is there any way to actually feel God’s presence in my life? Does the fact that I don’t make me a terrible person? I’m trying here, but it seems like God isn’t interested in making Himself known to me. Why am I so unworthy?
You mean St John of Nepomuk. Thanks for the info😊
Goal to get Fr Mike to pronounce Nepomocene (and me to spell it 🤣)