When I was six or seven, I went to an event sponsored by McDonald’s. Ronald McDonald the clown was there, riding a little bicycle around and doing tricks. Suddenly, he hit a rock or some bit of trash and slipped off the seat, landing spread legged on the cross bar of the bicycle. He said a word quite a bit more offensive than, “B.S.”.
You know, I can’t blame him for that. That sounds unbelievably painful. You actually have me shuddering imagining that right here.
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How can a priest know without a doubt, if someone is NOT truly contrite? I have always wondered that.
My thoughts.
They can’t; that’s why absolution is seldom refused. Padre Pio, however, was given the gift of being able to read hearts. And from what I have I read, he was often impatient with impenitent sinners, and with those who covered up sins, withheld sins, or made excuses. Don’t know if he ever used the BS word, but it would hardly seem out of character.
I agree. Didn’t Jesus even talk about the latrine in one of the Gospels? Mark 7:19? Crude language was used in the time of our Lord and probably used to make a point. I believe the priest was calling a spade a spade and trying to cut through the bull. Give him the benefit of the doubt…
Depending on the penitent, that might be a mild expression for describing what he or she was trying to pull with the truth. The priest might have simply been at a loss for other words that gave the sense he needed to express. If the confession was that unacceptable, then feedback in kind would be appropriate, yes. The most ready example I could think of would be a penitent who was trying to blame his or her sins on someone else. That, to be blunt, would be B.S., yes. He or she would deserve to hear that in just such certain terms.
K to be clear, did the priest actually say the words “bull s—” or did he just say the letters “bs”?It wasn’t me in the confession, but not to say in detail…my friend is a girl and she thought she committed a sin for doing something that is not. The priest used the word “B.S” in stead of the word “No” to her question.
Imagine a priest say that during homily or consecration.
No matter how the situation is, priest should not use that word especially during a sacrament.
Is there any priest here using “BS” during confession here on CAF?
I’ve read that he did worse - that he actually slapped people once or twice. In charity to the departed Saint Pio, we’d better assume they REALLY deserved it - perhaps they threatened violence against him first or something.
Women were considered property back then as well.
There is no excuse for a priest to use that kind of language. There are many ways to make a point. I’ve left confessors that scared the daylights out of me without using such language. It’s called tact and priests should refrain from using foul language in the confessional. That’s my :twocents: …teachccdWhy? Perhaps, as some other posters mentioned, she deserved it. Really?? That’s ridiculous. Priests need to be **pastoral **and not condeming. Nor should they use foul language in the confessional. This could never enhance the Sacrament. So cut the nonsense…teachccd
