Sacrament of Reconciliation: Lack of availability?

[childofmary1143]

Not knowing where you are in Kansas makes it difficult to answer but in short, no you should not receive Holy Communion in a state of Mortal Sin but you already knew that. Sounds like your Pastor is on the Eucharist itself is salvific so no need for ritual confession bandwagon.

I would reccommend you find another Parish to confess at as almost all of them have extra confessions this time of year. Or you don’t have to receive during Christmas. Oh and by the way by receiving while in a state of mortal sin you commit another mortal sin and I don’t think you want to do that.

And yes, I know about perfect acts of contrition, but I really don’t believe they are applicable in this situation.

Merry Christmas

If a “Pastor” believes that the “Eucharist itself is salvific” then he is in heresy and possibly has excommunicated himself.

 

[childofmary1143]

In my parish the liturgical minister [we don’t have a pastor or full-time priest] hears confessions one day a month for a half hour. The supply exceeds the demand, apparently, for on the two occasions I have showed up I have been the only penitent.

Now I go to the local Tridentine indult oratory. The rector is from the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest. Not only is the Sacrament of Penance scheduled liberally, it is available after any Mass and on request. And the penitent receives actual counsel according to his condition.

God save our faithful priests.

JSA

Can you explain what a “liturgical minister” is? Is it a missionary priest as only a Priest, Monsignor, Bishop, Cardinal, Pope can absolve sins

 

[blackrobe]

Can you explain what a “liturgical minister” is? Is it a missionary priest as only a Priest, Monsignor, Bishop, Cardinal, Pope can absolve sins

Yes, he is a priest, but his only connection to the parish is to celebrate Mass and the sacraments. In lieu of a pastor we have a Parish Director who is a laywoman.

JSA

 

[scared]

We only have confession done by appointment and that is only when the priest choses to be available which has been as long as 4 weeks until he can find 10 minutes to hear a confession. Since he is the only priest in town and for many miles around and he complained he had only hear a handful of confessions this year. I would guess the pews are filled with many who need confession, but still recieve no matter what their state is because the sacarament isn’t available.

scared

 

[InTheWilderness]

One week I needed a confession and missed the opportunity at my own parish (which happens to be at 9:00 am on Saturdays, for an hour). So, I started looking up all of the websites for the churches in the next town that I knew how to get to. I found a parish that I knew of, that had a priest that I also knew of, and I was stunned to see that confession was available 30 mins. before EVERY MASS. I was really surprised because I always took this old priest to be one of the very liberal sorts who went with the “God loves you so you are OK” view. Apparently I was wrong. In any case, he was happy to see someone looking for a confession. He said it is rare that anyone ever comes to confession before mass. Sadly, I didn’t stay around for mass, but I certainly appreciated the chance for confession.

On two other occasions, I asked a priest just after a weekday mass if they could hear a confession. In both cases they said they were short on time, but that we could squeeze it in.

On a related note, I seem to have some sort of mental hang up about making an appointment with a priest. As part of a penance from a previous confession, I am supposed to make an appointment to go see another particular priest about something, and yet I can’t seem to get up the nerve to do so.

Well, in any case, Confession is a great sacrament.