Confession during Mass

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I attend a Tridentine Mass weekly. I came in late last week (during the Epistle) and I noticed that there was a line for the confessional and a priest taking confessions.

Is this allowed in either the Ordinary or Extraordinary Form of Mass? It seems wrong to me but makes me very curious.
 
This is allowed in the EF.

Since the 1962 rubrics do not allow for concelebration, another priest, often an older one who is too infirm to say Mass, can hear confessions during mass. I’m not sure, but I think he can only do this during the Mass of the Catechumens. Feel free to correct me on that last bit.

I’m not sure about the NO, but since concelebration is allowed, it seems as if it would be inappropriate.
 
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This is allowed in the EF.

Since the 1962 rubrics do not allow for concelebration, another priest, often an older one who is too infirm to say Mass, can hear confessions during mass.
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I think that is the case. There is at least one retired priest who regularly attends the service there.

(If the priest taking confessions now is who I think it is, he is a very holy man.)
 
I’ve seen confessions being said during mass in a downtown church with a crowded schedule.

I don’t think there is any problem with it, the traditional churches were set up with several altars as well, so different liturgical activities always were able to take place simultaneously.
 
In the days before VII, it was routine at daily masses in many of the downtown churches.
 
Confession during Mass is clearly permitted, as it has it the 2002 Motu Proprio Misericordia Dei:
“2. Local Ordinaries, and parish priests and rectors of churches and shrines, should periodically verify that the greatest possible provision is in fact being made for the faithful to confess their sins. It is particularly recommended that in places of worship confessors be visibly present at the advertized times, that these times be adapted to the real circumstances of penitents, and that confessions be especially available before Masses, and even during Mass if there are other priests available, in order to meet the needs of the faithful.”
The full text is at vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/motu_proprio/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_20020502_misericordia-dei_en.html .

Also in the 2004 Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum:
“[76.] Furthermore, according to a most ancient tradition of the Roman Church, it is not permissible to unite the Sacrament of Penance to the Mass in such a way that they become a single liturgical celebration. This does not exclude, however, that Priests other than those celebrating or concelebrating the Mass might hear the confessions of the faithful who so desire, even in the same place where Mass is being celebrated, in order to meet the needs of those faithful.[footnote 158: Cf. Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Letter (Motu Proprio), Misericordia Dei, 7 April 2002, n. 2: AAS 94 (2002) p. 455; Cf. Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Response to Dubium: Notitiae 37 (2001) pp. 259-260.] This should nevertheless be done in an appropriate manner.”
 
fraisinette said:
I attend a Tridentine Mass weekly. I came in late last week (during the Epistle) and I noticed that there was a line for the confessional and a priest taking confessions.

Is this allowed in either the Ordinary or Extraordinary Form of Mass? It seems wrong to me but makes me very curious.
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This is standard at my parish (Ordinary Form). The great part about this is that I can go any day of the week that I want to.👍 Or if I remember a sin during Mass.
 
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