Wearing shorts to Confession

[Anonymous]

UtahMaggie:

Please don’t think that my originial post should speak volumes of anything other than needing some quick advice.

I will explain. Your question shows me that you are concerned. You care. You are respectful. That’s all I meant.

Peace

 

[UtahMaggie]

Anonymous:

I will explain. Your question shows me that you are concerned. You care. You are respectful. That’s all I meant.

Peace

Oh, I am so sorry. I really misread your reply.

Thanks for the compliment!

Maggie

 

[condan]

Servant1:

It seems as if it’s all too easy to get REAL legalistic in a real hurry - like zero-to-sixty in 2.5 seconds.

I’m sorry… I don’t know what you mean by “legalistic”?

Servant1:

Confession - indeed ALL sacraments - are about GRACE. Respect is in the heart. There IS such a thing as reasonableness. There IS such a thing as making a mountain out of a molehill. If we approach copnfession with the right heart and soul, what matters (and what happens) is absolution and the forgiveness of sins. Which is more important - the forgiveness of sins or attire chosen to satisfy someone else’s subjective sense of decorum. We cannot legislate taste.

You can make an effective argument on both sides of this issue. I said what was right for me.

I’m not so sure that decorum is subjective. If someone is an attorney, they wouldn’t show up for the final summation wearing a sweatsuit if they were going to the gym after work. I mean they could, but it probably wouldn’t go over very well with the clients, the judge and the jury.

I think we sometimes get lax because we can’t see God when in truth we don’t know that one way or another. It is my personal choice to show respect to God through dressing appropriately for the occasion. I think it matters. I think that it says something about me. I think it says something about the value I put on my relationship with God. I don’t think that it is a matter of adhering too strongly to any one particular set of rules. It is a personal ethic.

 

[Pro_Iesu]

I beleive as long as It doesn’t cause someone to sin and it does not lead to any wrong doing I would think it would be alright.

And concerning face to face confession Its a very humbling experience which is necessary for many spiritual gifts. Humility attacks the greatest deadly sin pride and what better way than to confess every sin you did to a Priest who is a tool of God who will forgive your sins and will forget them or never tell them under punishment of eternal damnation.

I personally do confession behind a screen but I feel that to confess face to face can lead to many graces and gifts! But I would agree it is very hard!:yup:

 

[Jason_Hurd]

WhiteDove:

Are we running out of good topics for threads? Are we making mountains out of molehills with increasing regularity? Are we scrutinizing ourselves and others over tiny details, while missing the bigger picture? :whacky:

Yes, I always confess behind a screen and on a hot day I might wear shorts. Hopefully the other, very small amount of people, mostly little old ladies, who frequent confession, are not offended. If they are busy judging my apparel instead of concentrating on their examination of their concience then they’d better confess that too!

Amen! I could not agree more with the final sentence of your post! We should all be very careful of the planks in our own eyes before remarking on the splinter in our neighbors’. If more of us would live our lives as quiet examples of good Christian faith, rather than judgmental nagging busybodies, perhaps we could attract more converts to the Church. I read just the other day that the percentage of the U.S. population that is Roman Catholic has stood at about 25% pretty steadily over the years. Personally, I’d be ecstatic if that number were closer to 50%, but, folks, it ain’t gonna happen as long as we’re pointing fingers at one another and infighting. Let’s calm down with all the rule-quoting and looking at others’ behavior, and try living up to Christ’s principles instead. We might find that our non-Catholic brethren begin to show a greater interest in joining our community of faith, then.