Is confession different at TLM?

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I’m hoping someone can answer this question for me. I’ve only attended about three Latin Masses just recently. I’ve noticed that confession is always available at them. Is there anything different about confession during a TLM versus a NO? I’ve been afraid to go because I don’t know what to expect. I’m really not understanding all the Latin yet. It’s still way too new for me.

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BLP said:
I’m hoping someone can answer this question for me. I’ve only attended about three Latin Masses just recently. I’ve noticed that confession is always available at them. Is there anything different about confession during a TLM versus a NO? I’ve been afraid to go because I don’t know what to expect. I’m really not understanding all the Latin yet. It’s still way too new for me.

Thanks!
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While the priest will be saying all the prayers and the absolution in Latin, everything else will be the same. I still confess today the way I did in 1960 when I went for the first time.
 
From you perspective no, just go in and follow the traditional routine of Sign of the Cross, “Bless me Father for I have sinned…”, etc. The actual content of the Prayer which is in Latin, is different than the one in the Ordinary From, but you don’t have to worry since that’s the priest’s job.

Now there is one custom that I have found more common EF locales than at the OF, but which I am told isn’t exclusive to it, yet I’ll mentioned it in case you’re not use to it, when the Priest ask you say your Act of Contrition, he may begin to say his prayers simultaneously holding off the words of Absolution until you finish your AoC, if you haven’t yet.

But other than that everything should be familiar, and if you still have any qualms, let Father know that it is your first time going to confession there and I’m sure he’ll be glad to help you out.
 
BLP said:
I’m hoping someone can answer this question for me. I’ve only attended about three Latin Masses just recently. I’ve noticed that confession is always available at them. Is there anything different about confession during a TLM versus a NO? I’ve been afraid to go because I don’t know what to expect. I’m really not understanding all the Latin yet. It’s still way too new for me.

Thanks!
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Peace and all good to you, BLP,

When I first started attending the TLM, I felt just exactly the same as you- I was trying to get used to all the Latin and I’d also heard that some Priests hearing Confessions at the TLM could be quite severe.

I quickly discovered that there was really nothing to worry about and that apart from the Priest saying the prayers & giving the Absolution in latin it’s all the same.

God Bless
 
The absolution can be in English, Latin, Spanish, French, you name it.

The only difference that comes to mind is that there is face-to-face option at some of the churches. But the behind-the-screen should be available everywhere.
 
BLP said:
I’m hoping someone can answer this question for me. I’ve only attended about three Latin Masses just recently. I’ve noticed that confession is always available at them. Is there anything different about confession during a TLM versus a NO? I’ve been afraid to go because I don’t know what to expect. I’m really not understanding all the Latin yet. It’s still way too new for me.

Thanks!
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It depends upon the form of the Sacrament that the Priest uses. During the Missa Solemnis near me they have Confession, however Confession is done according to the Ordinary Form of the Sacrament and not the 1962. If it is done according to the 1962 the only real difference will be that the Absolution is in Latin the way it actually proceeds is no different.
 
BLP said:
I’m hoping someone can answer this question for me. I’ve only attended about three Latin Masses just recently. I’ve noticed that confession is always available at them. Is there anything different about confession during a TLM versus a NO? I’ve been afraid to go because I don’t know what to expect. I’m really not understanding all the Latin yet. It’s still way too new for me.

Thanks!
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There is no Sacrament of Reconciliation as part of a Traditional Latin Mass, only the Pentitential RIte.
 
When I went to confession before a TLM the priest said all of the words of absolution in Latin also my penance took much more time than I typically get at my local OF parishes.
 
Phemie said:
While the priest will be saying all the prayers and the absolution in Latin, everything else will be the same. I still confess today the way I did in 1960 when I went for the first time.
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No, the prayers, aside from the necessary form “I absolve you of your sin +” are different, and they are usually said in a rapid quiet whisper while the penitent is saying the act of contrition until he gets to the actual absolution part, which he will say louder so the penitent can hear it. After that there is an optional indulgenced prayer that most priests recite (mine doesn’t, but others do) that starts out “Passio Domini” (or something like that).

It’s nothing to sweat out over. I personally find it easier and less nerve racking since on the penitent’s end all they have to do is confess their sins and make the act of contrition. The new form has too many variable with responses to remember, etc. Both are equally valid, but I prefer the old form since it’s so standardized.
 
Neofight said:
There is no Sacrament of Reconciliation as part of a Traditional Latin Mass, only the Pentitential RIte.
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I’m not sure what you mean by this. Of course the Sacrament of Reconciliation is not actually “part of” the Mass (any Mass for that matter). The Sacrament is nevertheless made available prior to almost every EF Mass. In fact, every EF Mass I’ve attended continues to have confessions heard during the Mass!
 
Deo_Gratias42 said:
No, the prayers, aside from the necessary form “I absolve you of your sin +” are different, and they are usually said in a rapid quiet whisper while the penitent is saying the act of contrition until he gets to the actual absolution part, which he will say louder so the penitent can hear it. After that there is an optional indulgenced prayer that most priests recite (mine doesn’t, but others do) that starts out “Passio Domini” (or something like that).

It’s nothing to sweat out over. I personally find it easier and less nerve racking since on the penitent’s end all they have to do is confess their sins and make the act of contrition. The new form has too many variable with responses to remember, etc. Both are equally valid, but I prefer the old form since it’s so standardized.
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Responses to remember? What responses? As I said for the penitent little has changed. I haven’t run into any priest in recent year who expected me to say anything different from what I said when I first went to Confession at the age of 6 in 1960.

I must admit that my preferred form of the sacrament is Form Two, communal penitential service with examination of conscience and private confession. Unfortunately our Pastor has abolished those in our parish. On the plus side he has reinstated weekly Saturday afternoon confessions.
 
MW1T68 said:
Do they give penance in Latin?
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I have never been given a penance in Latin but a Unus Pater Noster wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. 🙂

That would have been a lot easier than the Spanish penance I had to figure out.
 
ProVobis said:
I have never been given a penance in Latin but a Unus Pater Noster wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. 🙂

That would have been a lot easier than the Spanish penance I had to figure out.
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Peace and all Good!

yeah, I agree. a universal language does make things much simpler when you’re abroad!
 
I recently made a TLM parish my home parish. One of the things I love are confessions. In the TLM, confessions are much more uniform than in NO parishes (at least in my diocese). There’s the standard formula - priest’s prayer (Latin), “Bless me Father…”, sins, number of occurrences of sins, advise, penance assignment, absolution (Latin.)

Just make sure you don’t sit down and start rambling away, as I tend to do. Usually Father has prayers he says semi-silently to himself before hearing each confession. It’s not nearly as much of a rushed process as the NO parishes, and in my Church, confessions are heard all the way up to the Gospel reading.
 
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