Being cut in front of in the confession line

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Not confession (obviously), but in front of the line for the bus by my college with mostly students around me, I was nearly TRAMPLED TO DEATH when the bus came. I don’t think these were any of MY students to whom I may have given bad grades, but still…
 
I find that different parishes have different ideas about what a confession line looks like. In some parishes I have been to, no one stands in line; everyone just sits in the pews nearby and it is hard to tell whether they are just praying or waiting for the confessional and who got there first.
 
think of it as a sacrifice made for the woman in front. She was able to make her confession too.
 
we are not required to be mild lambs

there is a lot of aggressive behavior that is worth standing up to…

people who are rude should be so reminded

stay in line; hold your place

the transgressor should go to the back of the line…
 
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i can’t count the number of times i’ve been “cut off” from confession because the clock ran out

go some other day; or book a private confession

there are numerous catholic churches/chapels/ shrines that offer confession EVERY SINGLE DAY

don’t go into saturday evening confession w/ an aggressive “line-cutting attitude”
 
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i’ve seen that; but there must be some semblance of order & line discipline

all the “kneelers” can’t decide @ 5 minutes 'til mass to " jailbreak" the confessional…
 
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2towers said:
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I bet when she got to the line she gave everyone who was in line a good look, and sized them up. Then, she thought “who can I cut in front of and get away with it”. She found a clear winner.
 
If people want to jump ahead of me at Confession, which it hasn’t, I’d let them if it meant that much to them. I’ll let them go ahead for the same reason why I’ll let a shopper with one or two items go ahead of me at Walmart when I have a cart full of item. I think that once or twice time in the confession line I did let people ahead of me because I told them that I’d be awhile. 🤣
 
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Yes there usually is, it is mostly just confusing for someone who is new/ not a regular at the parish. So they might cut the line thinking no one else is in line.
 
Or in a no win situation, which makes it particularly frustrating. As somebody said, if it’s at supermarket counter, bank atm, cinema tickets counter, the outcome may be different.

But then again, if the person cutting thinks she has a winner on whom she can get away with, well, there’s no end to it. This kind of thing happens. Saying Hail Marys probably is as much as we can do in the situation.
 
right; i’ve seen the “kneelers” stand in line for about 5 minutes; see that there is maybe two, three, “standers” ahead of them

it is just crazy; they go back to “kneeling”

then 5 pm mass starts

ding, ding, clock’s up

thankfully, Mother Church has made the holy sacrament of Confession so available “EVERY single DAY”

folks just need to think out of the box a little in this regard
 
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My FSSP parish has the best organized seated confessional line. An OF parish I visit occasionally has the best standing confessional line. The former has confessions before every single Mass. The latter has Wed. evening confessions (rather unusual anymore) in addition to Saturdays.
 
there is Confession available to me & my neighors/parishioners EVERY DAY w/in an easy 10 mile drive

you just’ve had to have wanted to go there & get out of the robotic routine of “parish 4:00/4:30 confession”
 
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Then, she thought “who can I cut in front of and get away with it”. She found a clear winner.
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I kind of doubt it, but thanks for playing. You still won yourself a kewpie doll.
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two towers is probably “too nice” for his own good
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I wish that were true, but in all seriousness, I am shooting for that, but I am not sure I will make it.
 
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i don’t want to make this overly anecdotal

“but” i went to the local Marian shrine once ; and i was literally the last person chopped out before the time bell rang

one of the ushers noticed my plight & told me he’d inform the shrine chaplain; i did NOT ask him to do so…

literally 10 minutes after mass the shrine chaplain heard my confession

touchdown!
 
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LOL, the ONE time someone jumped ahead of me at Wal-mart, and then turned back at me and grinned this big ole grin, got her card declined.
 
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