Coffee Inside the Confessional

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Before Mass, if I saw things correctly, the Priest left the confessional with a coffee cup. Would bringing this in there be allowed? I’m not trying to be picky, I just worry that it’s as sign of not taking the sacrament seriously. Or could it just be that since he was in there a long time, he brought in coffee for any stretches where there were no parishioners coming in?
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It’s not acceptable for the priest to drink coffee while he’s hearing confessions.

It’s perfectly acceptable for the priest to hear confessions while he’s drinking coffee.
 
Considering the kinds of things priests have to listen to, it’s a wonder it wasn’t whiskey.🙂
 
C794 said:
Before Mass, if I saw things correctly, the Priest left the confessional with a coffee cup. Would bringing this in there be allowed? I’m not trying to be picky, I just worry that it’s as sign of not taking the sacrament seriously. Or could it just be that since he was in there a long time, he brought in coffee for any stretches where there were no parishioners coming in?
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Sometimes I’ve wanted to go into the confessional with a loaf of bread and a flash light, because I had enough sin that it was going to take me well into the night, and I was sure I was going to get hungry!
 
For a long stretch, our priest brought crossword puzzles in with him because nobody was showing up. Seeing a priest with a coffee in the confessional wouldn’t bother me. I’d think it would help him stay focused.

I remember our priest back in the 80s having an ashtray in the confessional, although I can’t recall if he ever actually smoked in there. He certainly smelled like it.
 
FrDavid96 said:
It’s not acceptable for the priest to drink coffee while he’s hearing confessions.

It’s perfectly acceptable for the priest to hear confessions while he’s drinking coffee.
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Fr. David I just have to ask. Are you a Chesterton fan? 🙂

Also, of course I can’t judge people only God can but if I were to guess a priest of my acquaintance is a living saint. I saw him take coffee into the confessional.
 
FrDavid96 said:
It’s not acceptable for the priest to drink coffee while he’s hearing confessions.

It’s perfectly acceptable for the priest to hear confessions while he’s drinking coffee.
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Hahaha! Yes 😃 and it is unacceptable to smoke while praying. However, it is perfectly acceptable to pray while smoking 👍
 
Annie39 said:
Fr. David I just have to ask. Are you a Chesterton fan? 🙂

Also, of course I can’t judge people only God can but if I were to guess a priest of my acquaintance is a living saint. I saw him take coffee into the confessional.
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Actually no. But I think I will be someday. I’ve read a bit of his work, and listened to a few old radio broadcasts of the Father Brown mysteries. I now have quite a lot of his writing on my list of future reading. So, I wouldn’t call myself a fan, but a future one.
 
In the heat wave we’re having I’d assume, if it was an insulated coffee cup, that he had ice water in it.
 
We know our priest is settled in the confessional when we hear the “pop, fizz” of his diet cola!
It has never affected his abilities as a great confessor. Being diabetic, it may help him stay properly hydrated for the long haul.🙂
 
LOL, maybe he needs coffee to keep him awake listening to little old ladies confess their sins! 😃
 
I’d heard a story about a man who had not been to confession for decades. In fact, his last confession had been sometime in the 1950’s and he hadn’t been inside a church since then, until this day. He knew that he should arrive ahead of time because the confession would take a long time, so he arrived before the priest came, hunted for the confessional, found the door, and went inside. He looked around and noticed a humidor full of cigars and a bottle of scotch on a small shelf, across from a small television. He was amazed at how far the Church had come since he had left it, when the door opened. There stood the priest with a startled look, who said “I’m sorry, sir, but you’re sitting on my side.”
 
Ridgerunner said:
Considering the kinds of things priests have to listen to, it’s a wonder it wasn’t whiskey.🙂
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When the priest hearing your confession puts down the coffee and pours himself a shot of bourbon, that’s when you begin to worry.
 
Cavaille-Coll said:
I’d heard a story about a man who had not been to confession for decades. In fact, his last confession had been sometime in the 1950’s and he hadn’t been inside a church since then, until this day. He knew that he should arrive ahead of time because the confession would take a long time, so he arrived before the priest came, hunted for the confessional, found the door, and went inside. He looked around and noticed a humidor full of cigars and a bottle of scotch on a small shelf, across from a small television. He was amazed at how far the Church had come since he had left it, when the door opened. There stood the priest with a startled look, who said “I’m sorry, sir, but you’re sitting on my side.”
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My priest keeps a book on the nightstand in the confession room. 😃
 
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