Confession during Latin Mass

[Genghis]

Again, I would say for a daily Mass, it would be better for the Priest to cancel Mass, if there were sufficient people in need of Confession.

God Bless

I guess I don’t agree with going that far.
Delaying it a bit, okay, but canceling, no.

 

[BobP123]

No,

We attend Mass to offer our worship to God in conjunction with the unbloodied Sacrifice offer by Christ via His priest.

We attend out of Love for our Lord and to redender onto Him our Praise and Worship.

We are obligated, under pain of mortal sin, to attend Mass on Sundays and such other appointed days that the Church may dictate, but the REASON we attend Mass is to worship God.

A person in Mortal Sin cannot, by definition, give true worship to God.

They might recieve from God Actual Graces that may insprire them to repentance, but they are spiritually dead and may offer nothing to God.

We do it for all the reasons you mention above as well. But if I expected confessions before Mass and there were none…

 

[Sr_Sally]

My NO parish has confession times right before the Wednesday daily Mass. We got in line (yes there was a line and there were 2 priests) to go and stayed in line even after the priest who was saying Mass left. I fully expected the other priest to continue hearing confessions until the line was gone. Unfortuntely he did not so we stayed for Mass but did not receive. Thankfully, they have times again in the evening and we were able to go then. And there were also lines again and 2 priests hearing confession–I love my parish!

 

[bilop]

I guess I don’t agree with going that far.
Delaying it a bit, okay, but canceling, no.

Well, no one goes to Hell for not attending daily Mass. They do go to Hell for dying in Mortal sin.

I speak as one who did not go to confession for close to 20 years, and was probably in a state of Mortal Sin every day of it. I shudder to think of my destination if I had died unexpectedly.

I now appreciate the sacrament, and think it should be made very available as it is difficult to go if you are not used to it

God Bless

 

[KathleenElsie]

Remember that many of us drive a couple of hours to get to the Indult Parishes that are available to us. There is one or two (if we are lucky) Masses and two Priests if we are fortunate. So confession prior to Mass while the NO Mass is being celebrated and for part of our indult is the only time we can go. We use the “old” confessional booths and unless you have someone that has not been to confession for years it only takes two or three minutes. Remember the NORM for us is to go to confession weekly prior to Mass as was normal in the pre-VII times.

 

[rwoehmke]

Confessions end at the Sanctus on Sundays and Holy Days. People that adhere to the pre-VII rules do not partake of the Eucharist unless they have been to confession.

I was over 30 when Vatican II started, an active Catholic with 18 years of Catholic education behind me and I never heard of this “rule.” Only required before communion if one was in mortal sin.

 

[KathleenElsie]

I was over 30 when Vatican II started, an active Catholic with 18 years of Catholic education behind me and I never heard of this “rule.” Only required before communion if one was in mortal sin.

This is what we were taught. IMHO it still makes more sence to take care of the blemishes on the soul prior to partaking of the “BODY & BLOOD” of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

[rwoehmke]

This is what we were taught. IMHO it still makes more sence to take care of the blemishes on the soul prior to partaking of the “BODY & BLOOD” of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Blemishes (venial sin) are removed by the penitential rite at the beginning of Mass, for the TLM try the confiteor. Also it was much more common in my opinion for people to go every two to three weeks; usually Saturday afternoon or evening, rarely before Mass except by private request. Maybe the practices in our respective dioceses were different.

 

[catholic2]

Confessions end at the Sanctus on Sundays and Holy Days. People that adhere to the pre-VII rules do not partake of the Eucharist unless they have been to confession.

Confession then, as now,was necessary only if you had a mortal sin.

 

[orgel_maestro]

It is common to have confession before the TLM. I also have attended NO Masses where there is confession directly before each Mass.
If there is more than one Priest hearing confessions, and the line is long, the non-presiding Priests may continue to hear confessions during the Mass.

This makes perfect sense, so as to allow those confessing to receive.

I wish all parishes would do this. There is nothing more important than allowing those in mortal sin a chance to confess.

God Bless

Thats what they do at my parish. I love the system they have. Father A hears confessions during the Novus Ordo mass, then during the TLM Father B hears confessions while Father A is celebrating mass. Then, Father B comes out right after the priest’s communion and helps to distribute HC (no EMHC’s)

 

[KathleenElsie]

Confession then, as now,was necessary only if you had a mortal sin.

That was explained to us as the minimum not the optimum. I am not the one to say that everyone should go to confession daily or weekly. Just in my case it seems right to go prior to Mass.

 

[LilyM]

But having confession directly before and even during Mass makes it much more likely people will avail themselves.

Many Churches only have confession for 1/2 hour on Saturday afternoon, not even directly before a Mass. So anyone even remotely hesitant about confession likely won’t go.

But if they are at Mass, or maybe a few minutes early, and they see people lining up for Confession, they may say let me go too.

Given how Confession has fallen out of favor, and how people seem to think it’s so hard to commit mortal sin these days , we need to demonstrate the importance of Confession.

Having Confession during Mass does this. It shows that Confession is more important than singing a hymn, more important than listening to the readings, more important than just about anything else, if you are in mortal sin.

Again, I would say for a daily Mass, it would be better for the Priest to cancel Mass, if there were sufficient people in need of Confession.

God Bless

I think I said in an earlier post, it was the fact of seeing people line up for confession during Sunday Mass at a new parish that gave ne the courage to go back - after more than 10 years without confession.