Penitential Service

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Tonight was our parish’s Lenten Penitential Service, the only confessions scheduled before the Triduum. We’re a parish of ~450 families. 21 people at the Penitential Service, most of whom made a beeline for the door as soon as private confessions started. Sad really…😦
 
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Tonight was our parish’s Lenten Penitential Service, the only confessions scheduled before the Triduum. We’re a parish of ~450 families. 21 people at the Penitential Service, most of whom made a beeline for the door as soon as private confessions started. Sad really…😦
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Maybe they were like me (or at least some of them)?
I went to the service because I’d never been to one before and I haven’t had my first confession yet, so I just left at that point.
 
Some of them probably went in thinking “I’m definately going to confession.” Then they got uncomfortable and nervous and then just left.
 
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Maybe they were like me (or at least some of them)?
I went to the service because I’d never been to one before and I haven’t had my first confession yet, so I just left at that point.
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No, every one of them was a regular parishioner.

For years these penitential services included general absolution but that stopped 8 years ago. Since then the penitential services have been poorly attended. I often wonder if it’s worth having the services and if just scheduling a few afternoons or evenings of confessions during Lent might not be a better choice.
 
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