Priest using B.S word during confession

[T700]

Wow, hot topic.

I personally wouldn’t take any offense, and would be glad that my confessor takes the sincerity of my confession so seriously. On the other hand, he should have been more tactful and gauged whether or not you were a person that would be offended by such language.

My confessor has, more than once, instructed me to: “tell the devil to f*** off when he tempts you”, which took me aback, but English is his second language and I know that in his native language there are no words that are so offensive (the only ‘bad’ words they have involve God, or one’s mother ).

I think in all charity, you might want to very gently explain to Father the implications of that sort of language in English. I’d hate for him to pop off an F bomb with the bishop and find himself transferred to whatever the diocesan equivalent of Siberia is!

Paul

 

[RubyT]

It was a question. Can a question be asked in this forum without being labeled as a sin? Aren’t you judging me too? Isn’t it another oxymoron?

anyhow, from your post, it seems to me that you answered my question that priest shouldn’t use that word. That was all I wanted to know.

I was not intending for you to take that statement personally. I do not judge you my friend. I was discussing the issue of judging the priest. I did not say it was a sin to ask your question but rather asking a rhetorical question as food for thought, in that priest are people too. Sorry if you interpreted it that way as it wasn’t meant that way.

 

[Elizabeth502]

I think in all charity, you might want to very gently explain to Father the implications of that sort of language in English. I’d hate for him to pop off an F bomb with the bishop and find himself transferred to whatever the diocesan equivalent of Siberia is!

Paul

Depends on the Bishop. We have a really cool Bishop in our diocese, who is actually semi-retired and very, very well regarded by conservatives & liberals alike. (Holy man!) One day he was talking to me, lowly lay woman, after a funeral for a highly regarded Monsignor (our local pastor). I asked the Bishop about his plans for retirement. First of all, he was so approachable (the kind of confessor I’d love to have!) & has never put on airs, regardless whatever wardrobe he is being required to wear that day. His response to me was that he didn’t want to just sit around like a retiree doing nothing “and all that shi_.” Instead, he wanted to remain very active in the Church, etc., in official roles. I found it really refreshing actually. I was not at all offended. And he didn’t say it to offend me, or on the other hand to patronize me.

So again, as another poster said on this page, everything depends on context. Some people find frank language “flattering” in a way. I agree with the OP and others that one has to be careful of the audience; you have to be fairly certain of how your audience will react.

And I’m glad the OP shared this. It’s generated some interesting discussion.

 

[GuitarPlayer]

I’m always just pleased not to have to go to confession to someone like the Blessed Padre Pio, who was known to slam the confessional slide shut in someone’s face, or tell them to come back when they’re sorry, or to tell them they’ve forgotten some sins. I’d especially hate to be one of the one’s he kicked out, since they probably waited in line for hours to get in to confession with him.

All in all, I’m just happy no priest has kicked me out of the confessional yet!

I heard about a person who got a hiding from a priest during confession. (NO BS, a true story)

they must have had some serious sins hehe

 

[MarkThompson]

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[GuitarPlayer]

Thanks for the heads up