Consider this?

[brumano]

thanks for reply…when I read the mention of st. Padre Pio something you might be interested in came to mind: I think in fact I’m almost positive, that if I lived during his time, I probably would have been so much in awe of him,that I probably would not have sought him out for confession at all and in fact I would have made it a point to stay away from him… however now that he’s a saint I feel like: Well, Padre, you’re a saint now and you have to hear me even if in this life it could have been intolereable to you.

 

[GratefulFred]

Knowing the God knows me better than I do and knowing that I would tend to give myself the benefit of the doubt or try to make excuses for not doing what I should, I think I would have confessed to Padre Pio even if I was somewhat fearful of his response. Because TRUTH does matter so much, It would be better to get the TRUE response and not one that I may have controlled by how I presented myself to a confessor.

Then again I may have whimped out.

For encyclicals, remember to check out www.vatican.va

 

[brumano]

thnks for the reply…for some reason it seems to me now that padre pio is very accessible, spiritually, maybe that is one of the charisms of sainthood.