Confessions on Good Friday & Easter Vigil (Holy Saturday)?

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No. There is no reason why confessions shouldn’t be heard during the Triduum.
 
Dixit Dominus said:
No. There is no reason why confessions shouldn’t be heard during the Triduum.
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I was turned away last night before the service of Good Friday & the priest said there was not to be any Sacraments on that day. He also said he had heard my confession & it was alright to receive Holy Communion, BUT he did not hear my confession so I did not partake.😊
 
I have been at a church specifically with confession after the Good Friday service, and am now at one specifically with confession on Holy Saturday. Indeed, it always made more sense to me to have confessions during Holy Week and the Triduum, as the somber, reflective services are very fitting to develop a penitential sense…
 
Note that Pope John Paul II used to spend some hours hearing confessions in St Peter’s on Good Friday.

We had none scheduled, but our pastor got caught after Morning Prayer today and heard confessions of all who asked.
 
Our parish had Confession on Good Friday from 12:30-3PM after the Stations of the Cross at Noon and before the Divine Mercy at 3PM. 👍

We had no Confessions on Holy Saturday, but I don’t think that is too unusual. With the Vigil and Easter Sunday coming up, it makes for a very long weekend for a parish with only one priest.
 
If the Catholic Church teaches that Protestants are true Christians, and Non-Christians can get to heaven…Why do you waste your time confessing your sins to a priest? There seems no point in it if the others go to heaven as well…

I understand and fully agree that Jesus gave his disciples the ability to forgive sins, and I believe in apostolic succession. Just wondering why the church teaches that protestants, muslims, heretics, etc, can get to heaven, yet they teach us to confess still. The heretics most certainly do not confess.

So it comes down to this. Either confessing mortal sins is a requirement to get to heaven, or it isn’t. I am tired of all the bologna.
 
Thanks to all you Catholics who responded to my questions.👍

BUT, I’m not going to WASTE MY TIME responding to a non-Catholic questioning my faith & who is tired of all the bologna.:mad:

Go start your own thread!:mad:
 
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I was turned away last night before the service of Good Friday & the priest said there was not to be any Sacraments on that day. He also said he had heard my confession & it was alright to receive Holy Communion, BUT he did not hear my confession so I did not partake.😊
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This is incorrect. The missal clearly states that the sacraments of Annointing of the Sick and Reconciliation are excluded from the prohibition on sacraments.
 
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I was turned away last night before the service of Good Friday & the priest said there was not to be any Sacraments on that day. He also said he had heard my confession & it was alright to receive Holy Communion, BUT he did not hear my confession so I did not partake.😊
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Just out of curiousity, did you show up just before the service and ask the priest to hear your confession?
 
If the Catholic Church teaches that Protestants are true Christians, and Non-Christians can get to heaven…<<
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A harmonica might be a true musical instrument, but it can’t be compared with a full symphony orchestra, now can it?
 
dixibehr said:
Just out of curiousity, did you show up just before the service and ask the priest to hear your confession?
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No, I made it a point to be there at least an hour before hand. Thanks for all the information.
 
Hypothesis said:
If the Catholic Church teaches that Protestants are true Christians, and Non-Christians can get to heaven…Why do you waste your time confessing your sins to a priest? There seems no point in it if the others go to heaven as well…

I understand and fully agree that Jesus gave his disciples the ability to forgive sins, and I believe in apostolic succession. Just wondering why the church teaches that protestants, muslims, heretics, etc, can get to heaven, yet they teach us to confess still. The heretics most certainly do not confess.

So it comes down to this. Either confessing mortal sins is a requirement to get to heaven, or it isn’t. I am tired of all the bologna.
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Do you really???

Back to the OP:

I went to confession on Good Friday and found it to be quite fitting that on the day that our Lord died we could visit with Him for absolution. It seemed to be the gift of the gift…Happy Easter and God bless…teachccd
 
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Do you really???

Back to the OP:

I went to confession on Good Friday and found it to be quite fitting that on the day that our Lord died we could visit with Him for absolution. It seemed to be the gift of the gift…Happy Easter and God bless…teachccd
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Thanks Teach,

This parish is slowing killing my soul!:confused:
 
Since I don’t always get to go to confession before our EF Mass due to my head server duties, I often go on Saturday. One parish where I sometimes go normally has confessions for half an hour on Saturday afternoon. On Holy Saturday all 3 priests were available, and confessions were heard from 10am to noon and from 2:30 to 3:30. I went in the afternoon, and many people were there.
 
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Should confessions not be heard on this two days?🤷😊
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In 2003 someone asked the Holy See that very question. Here’s the text of the response:

Prot. N. 690/03/L

Rome, April 9, 2003

Reverend and Dear Father,

This Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has received your letter, sent by fax on April 3, 2003 and continuing the question of whether it is permitted to schedule confessions during the Paschal Triduum.

Notwithstanding the Church’s ancient practice of refraining from the celebration of Mass at the stipulated times during Holy Week, as well as a prudent reserve regarding the scheduling of Baptisms and Marriages during the same times, the scheduling of Confessions on Good Friday and Holy Saturday is laudable and not at all in conflict either with the letter or the spirit of the liturgical norms. Perhaps one of the more eloquent arguments in support of this position is the practice of the Holy Father himself, who has personally heard confessions as a regular practice on Good Friday.

While it is not the normal practice of this Congregation to reply to individuals by fax even when a communication has been received in this manner, an exception is being made in the present case in view of the fact that your request may have been made in view of the upcoming celebrations.

Source: adoremus.org/0503CDW-Confession.html

I think that answers it pretty clearly.
 
First of all, I am not a non-catholic. Secondly, no one can answer my question it appears.

Vatican II says ‘everyone’ can goto heaven. So why confess if everyone can goto heaven, its a pretty straightforward question.

Muslims don’t confess to a Catholic priest, yet they can goto heaven according to paragraph 841 of the CCC.

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Thanks to all you Catholics who responded to my questions.👍

BUT, I’m not going to WASTE MY TIME responding to a non-Catholic questioning my faith & who is tired of all the bologna.:mad:

Go start your own thread!:mad:
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