Who's getting the most out of Confession

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In another recent post, there was some discussion as to whether it was mostly “little old ladies” who go to confession these days. In my parish, it is mostly families with school age or high school children and a few older couples. What’s it like in your confession line?
 
I had to vote for every single choice except for not paying attention. My cahpel is at a college, however other families attend regularly. As far as who is getting the most out of Confession…We all are! 🙂
 
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I voted other because I see people of all ages. A lot of families but not the majority. Seems to be a fairly even spread. Actually the only time there is much of a line is around Christmas and Lent.
 
Whose getting the most out of confession–

The ones who are getting the most out of confession are the ones who confess all their sins and have better contrition. Those who have perfect contrition have the best confessions and most grace from confession.
 
As far as who is getting the most out of Confession…We all are!
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The ones who are getting the most out of confession are the ones who confess all their sins and have better contrition.
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OK guys. I was trying to make a joke with the title of this thread. I meant that if you don’t go, your not getting anything out of the sacrament, so those who are getting the most out of it are the ones actually getting in line.

Next time I won’t try to be cutesy. 😛
 
Who’s getting the most out of Confession? I am! My confessor sees me privately about once every 4-6 weeks. He is incredibly astute and aims the arrow of his penance assignments squarely between my eyes. He’s not “easy” but he is both strong and encouraging. There are definitely Three in the room during that half hour! I am blessed beyond words in this sacrament. (Convert: age 60)
 
I am usually there by myself no line, no waiting! I guess I am the only sinner in my parish.
 
To answer the question:

Those who put the most (time, prayer, examination of conscience, remorse, repentance, and determination to sin no more) into the sacrament get the most out.
 
I would say “repentant sinners” are the ones who get the most out of confession, and are the ones who are usually in the line for confession.
 
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I am usually there by myself no line, no waiting! I guess I am the only sinner in my parish.
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That happens to me every once in a while. Other times it’s me and the “little old ladies” (and men, actually). I have noticed that, even though the majority of my parish is made up of families and children (we have a Catholic school attached to the parish), very few of them are there on Saturdays.
 
I said other because it depends so much on where I go. When I go to my suburban parish church the sample size is usually too small to indicate any trend, other than that there aren’t many sinners.
When I go to the shrine of St. John Neuman, which is an an old city (Philadelphia) neighborhood, you see people from all over. They have confession before each mass, and the line is long. Here you see eveything from men in business suits, to street people. You’ll see college kids, young couples, and little old ladies all mixed in with a lot of just average looking people.
From this experience one might be inclined to think that there are more sinners in the city. Somehow I don’t think that is so. Maybe there are just more people who are humble enough to recognize that they are sinners. People who haven’t gotten so filled with the pride of accomplishment that they haven’t fogotten that the good that they do is God’s Grace in them.
I think it might have been Karl Keating who said that judging by the short lines at Confession, he wonders if most Catholics think that the Imacculate Conception applies to them.

Confession should be like voting in Chicago:
Go early:) and often:D
Charlie
 
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I am usually there by myself no line, no waiting! I guess I am the only sinner in my parish.
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In my hometown parish there’s no waiting. Except for the priest to show up sometimes.

In the parish I attend (an hour from home) there’s always a line. I see 20 to 30 YOs, couples and families. I like that there is a line. I think the confessional line can tell a person a lot about a particular parish.

FYI: the above parish has 3 priests. Confession is from 3pm to 4:30pm on Sat. Mass is at 5pm and confession again from 7:30 - 8:30pm. There is also schedualed confession on weekdays and special times during Lent and Advent. I think this is awesome.
 
It’s pretty much everybody! All ages, from highschoolers to new moms and dads, middle aged married people, and the older gentlemen, and then me. It’s never a really long line but a pretty constant stream rather. But during our reconciliation services I think everybody from the parish must go… and then it is a lot of the older folks.
 
Never see kids or family groups. Very few men. Mostly distressed looking women.
 
Someone said you can tell a lot about a parish from their confession times and lines – so true 🙂

The two parishes that I frequently attend in St. Paul MN (Cathedral and Nativity) all have daily confessions, the Cathedral’s lines are getting longer since we were assigned a new priest who began the daily confession times. Nativity’s has confessions twice a day 6 days a week, and it doesn’t matter when you go, there will be a huge line!! 😃

As far as the “line composition”, I would say a fairly even split between young adults/college kids, families and older folks.

It’s really weird, when I think about it, the only demographic that is almost completely lacking, in my experience, is the middle-aged women. We tend to get quite a few middle-aged guys who will come on their own to confession, but almost no women! Hmm.

+veritas+
 
There’s no real line for confession here - it is more of a constant coming and going. We have confessions all day, every day, plus before every Mass. People I see who go to confession range from children who just received their First Communion up to elderly folk (I know for a fact that one of the women is in her upper 90s) who have trouble walking by themselves. So I answered all of them except the “don’t pay attention.”

John
 
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There’s no real line for confession here - it is more of a constant coming and going. We have confessions all day, every day, plus before every Mass. People I see who go to confession range from children who just received their First Communion up to elderly folk (I know for a fact that one of the women is in her upper 90s) who have trouble walking by themselves. So I answered all of them except the “don’t pay attention.”

John
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All day ? Wow, lucky you. Priest here would have to bring a large novel to take up the time. Sometimes I wonder if there is no sinning to confess here that we must be in heaven 🙂
 
How about a choice for “none”? I stand alone in line. Not much of a line, come to think of it!
 
I’m with karisue… There is usually no one else in the “line” besides myself. There are, of course, the random Other Person, who is usually an older person or a college student.
 
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