Confession

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You mean with their son that is a priest? Yes! But, bringing them into the confessional with them, I don’t think so unless it is a really necessary matter.
 
I don’t do it now because my kids have a tendency to repeat exactly what I’d rather they not repeat, but when they were littler, yes, I did bring them into the confessional with me. No priest has ever had a problem with it. 🤷 If I couldn’t have brought them, it would have meant no confession.
 
When my older two boys were very young, I brought them into confession with me. I would think that around age three or four you would rather leave them at home, as they could comprehend some of what you are saying and repeat it.
 
Giggly_Giraffe said:
Can a confessor goto confession with their kids?
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A confessor is the priest. Why would a priest have kids, never mind take them to Confession.

A person going to Confession is called a penitent, not a confessor.
 
thistle said:
A confessor is the priest. Why would a priest have kids, never mind take them to Confession.

A person going to Confession is called a penitent, not a confessor.
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Priests may on rare occasions have children licitly, e.g. Anglican convert.

But yes, the OP seems to have a problem with nomenclature.
 
OraLabora said:
Priests may on rare occasions have children licitly, e.g. Anglican convert.

But yes, the OP seems to have a problem with nomenclature.
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Yes this is a condition that is growing as the two little girls ask why about 800 times a day (400 each). It’s really amazing I can even spell cat some days.😛
 
Aside from the fact that the kids might repeat what you say, it could be distracting for the priest.

If the kids are talking or making noises, it might be harder for him to focus on the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
 
KCT said:
Aside from the fact that the kids might repeat what you say, it could be distracting for the priest.

If the kids are talking or making noises, it might be harder for him to focus on the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
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Giggle, talking, noises, & squirming around … Welcome to the life of a mother, who will live this condition perpetually, and still hear the Holy Spirit. Yes, the mother church recommends silence — but This is IMPOSSIBLE with little ones.

I was thinking about an visiting Irish Priest who said, “Thank the Irish because confessions used to be made in a public assembly.”:eek: I guess this public approach had to allow the person confessing (confessee?) willing to do penance to God and to those they have wronged … Truly a brave act.

Now, I’m not too swift on Judgement Day, but if I heard it correctly, we will have Private Judgement, and public Judgement with God. Certainly, in the act of the. Sacrement of Reconcilliation prepairs us for personal, 1-1 judgement … But public judgement seems daunting.
 
Giggly_Giraffe said:
Giggle, talking, noises, & squirming around … Oh my!

I was thinking about an visiting Irish Priest who said, “Thank the Irish because confessions used to be made in a public assembly.”:eek: I guess this public approach had to allow the person confessing (confessee?) willing to do penance to God and to those they have wronged … Truly a brave act.

Now, I’m not too swift on Judgement Day, but if I heard it correctly, we will have Private Judgement, and public Judgement with God. Certainly, in the act of the. Sacrement of Reconcilliation prepairs us for personal, 1-1 judgement … But public judgement seems daunting.
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So, I’m having popcorn thoughts all over today, confession must have cleared my mind. So, wasn’t the trial held by the scribes at Jesus’ Passion like a big public confession to all of mankind? Since Jesus was silent ---- ooooooo ---- chills ---- what does it mean???

When they were about to stone that lady to death — wasn’t that a public confession and public administer penance?

If this is indeed a correct line of thought, then when did the Jewish start public confessions and penances?

Popcorn is now climaxing everywhere … I’d better mull these thoughts over a nice cup of Italian meatball wedding soup. Buone Appetite!
 
I bring my kid in with me. he’s pretty quiet and well behaved, though - he knows that church is a place to be quiet, because other people are trying to talk to jesus and it’s not nice to be noisy. I don’t mean that to sound judgy - whatever the reason your kids aren’t quiet, it is what it is. but personally, I wouldn’t bring him if I knew he would be very distracting to others. so, I can think of these options for you:
  1. bring them in, even though they can’t behave and are distracting.
  2. teach them to be quiet, or bring quiet toys like coloring books.
  3. leave them home with someone.
  4. make it a multi-purpose trip and bring someone along who would be willing to sit in the car with them (or walk them around outside, depending on how long it’ll take and what the weather is) while you’re in the church.
  5. call the parish office and see if a fellow parishioner would be willing to be the person for #4, perhaps maybe a teen who needs service hours or someone who doesn’t drive and would appreciate a trip to the grocery store? even if you paid someone for their time it wouldn’t be for as long as having a babysitter at your house would be and therefore wouldn’t be as much, and maybe that person would be encouraged to go to confession since they were already there 👍
  6. make an apt with the priest for a time when someone else is available to watch them, so you’re not restricted to the scheduled time/day.
  7. if you don’t want them hearing what you’re confessing, you could always write everything down, let the priest know, and hand it to the him (under the door or open the door a crack if you go behind the screen). have a copy for yourself as well, you could then say something like “the first is something I really struggle with, the second happens occasionally…” etc.
 
Giggly_Giraffe said:
Giggle, talking, noises, & squirming around … Welcome to the life of a mother, who will live this condition perpetually, and still hear the Holy Spirit. Yes, the mother church recommends silence — but This is IMPOSSIBLE with little ones. .
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Then try to find a child friendly priest. :o
 
thistle said:
A confessor is the priest. Why would a priest have kids, never mind take them to Confession.
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Well, at least once a year we have a priest who comes up to our parish from San Diego, and concelebrates Mass with our pastor.

He is here to see his daughter and his grandchildren…😃
 
thistle said:
A confessor is the priest. Why would a priest have kids, never mind take them to Confession.
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My pastor is married with 6 young children.

My former pastor was a widower with several grown children and I’ve known a number of “late vocation” priests in the Latin Rite in similar situations. It happens. 🙂
 
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