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misstherese
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I moved recently and am thinking about going to confession at an FSSP parish. I heard it was different from normal confession, how different? Is there a guide for this I can find?
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Only in that they absolve you in Latin, and their advice is generally very solid. Other than that, it’s virtually identical to the way you confess anywhere else. You say “Bless me, Father for I have sinned, my last confession was when-and-so.”… and proceed in the usual way.
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Maximilian75
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It’s as Porthos said. Other than some Latin thrown in where there would be English in an OF parish, it’s essentially the same. The Council didnt really change individual booth confession at all.
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FrDavid96
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There is no composed ritual as such. Not like we’re used to seeing today. It is described, but just not printed in the same format we’re used to seeing.
Instead, here’s what the Roman Ritual has to say
GENERAL RULES FOR ADMINISTERING PENANCE
http://www.sanctamissa.org/en/resou...6-the-sacrament-of-penance-general-rules.html
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Very interestingmisstherese:
There is no composed ritual as such. Not like we’re used to seeing today. It is described, but just not printed in the same format we’re used to seeing.
Instead, here’s what the Roman Ritual has to say
GENERAL RULES FOR ADMINISTERING PENANCE
http://www.sanctamissa.org/en/resou...6-the-sacrament-of-penance-general-rules.html
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misstherese
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Great to hear. I was kind of nervous I would be totally lost
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MtnDwellar
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Yes, it’s very interesting. Do priests read this?
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FrDavid96
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That depends.
If they’re using that form for Confession, it’s safe to say that they read it at some point or another.
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LisaB
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In my FSSP parish there is no option to go face to face, just FYI. Not sure how it is in other parishes, but I’m guessing the same. Definitely go! FSSP priests give solid counsel and take the state of your soul seriously.
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MtnDwellar
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I am not familiar with various forms. What are they and how can we learn about them? Thanks.
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FrDavid96
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The Ordinary Form from the 1970s and the Extraordinary Form before that. There are only 2 forms (in the Latin Rite).
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MtnDwellar
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Thanks. When confessing to a priest before an EF Mass, while I am praying The Act of Contrition, he is praying in Latin. Can you tell me what he’s likely doing?
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FrDavid96
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He’s saying the absolution.
Check the link I posted. When you go to the link, click on the arrow that says “next section” or “next chapter” or something like that (once you see it, you’ll know).
That will list the actual form of absolution, as well as the prayers said leading to the absolution. Those are the words the priest is saying.
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Hereiam
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Did you mean this to mean advice given by priests not from one of three parishes is somehow substandard? I’m sure you didn’t, because you would see how uncharitable and offensice that would be.
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MtnDwellar
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I suspected it was absolution, but, because we are both praying different prayers out loud simultaneously, I can’t pick out a single word.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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FrDavid96
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There is nothing uncharitable about saying that the FSSP priests make good confessors.
What would be uncharitable would be to put words into someone else’s mouth.
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Hereiam
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I’ll ignore your criticism, based on the fact that you spoke without considering the proper context of the original post, and comment given, and my response to that comment.
The original poster’s question included, . I heard it was different from normal confession, how different?
When the response given is, “Only in that they absolve you in Latin, and their advice is generally very solid. Other than that, its virtually identical…” the difference implied is the FSSP confession is somehow more solid that at other parishes.
Your critique would have been better directed toward the person making the comment.
But, as always, thank you for weighing in.
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StarMapp
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also it may be assumed the Act of Contrition is memorized(it was required grade school learning in 50’s). If the prayer isn’t posted on the wall of the confessional, then one can simply tell the priest he will say it later. This is not the ideal. In this case it is as important as penance and becomes imperative that it be said.
My memory sometime drawing a blank, I carry a copy of it in my wallet in a large font to allow me to read it if the lighting is poor.
My memory sometime drawing a blank, I carry a copy of it in my wallet in a large font to allow me to read it if the lighting is poor.
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I wrote what I wrote, and read it as you will. Most posters will simply take it in the spirit it was intended, and not go through the exercise of parsing sentences as if this were grammar class.porthos11:
Did you mean this to mean advice given by priests not from one of three parishes is somehow substandard? I’m sure you didn’t, because you would see how uncharitable and offensice that would be.
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Arkansan
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Are you alleging that what he said was untrue? Or are just expressing irrational offense at it?
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