How long have you remained in a state of grace?

[Michie]

Confessional lines are really short and communion lines are really long. How does this make sense? Could it be as it has been discussed on this board that mortal sin is really not an easy act to commit?

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[Stabat Mater dolorosa]

We're living among saints Michie...

 

[Michie]

Well if it is truly difficult to commit a mortal sin then maybe that is the answer? I was told that the confession we make at the beginning of Mass covers the venial aspect of sin.

 

[Stabat Mater dolorosa]

Well if it is truly difficult to commit a mortal sin then maybe that is the answer? I was told that the confession we make at the beginning of Mass covers the venial aspect of sin.

I don't know about others, but as far as myself concern I fall into mortal sin every so often

I see the communion line while I wait for my confession after mass.
Either I'm a horrible catholic (most likely, but that's a whole different story) , my parish is a congregation of saints or people consider confession to be a outdated sacraments or something I don't know...

 

[MikeK]

Difficult to say. I never really know. It's hard to know one's own culpability with any certainty. If God is as merciful as some think, I'm virtually always in a state of grace. If He's as strict as some think, I'm virtually always in a state of mortal sin.

 

[Michie]

I just question the way things are going if this practice will continue or something will be adjusted concerning it. It seems confession is on the decline everywhere. And I'll be honest, it seems strange to go and you get a Hail Mary or something.

 

[Goatee]

Confession has been my 2nd home for just over a year or so! My name should be above the door!!

 

[Sword of the Lord]

I'm always in a state of Grace because that's what the Bible tells me.

 

[Michie]

Good for you!

Confession has been my 2nd home for just over a year or so! My name should be above the door!!

 

[Cos-play]

I just stopped going to communion when my archbishop decided to use it as a weapon against people he didn't like.

Actually a lot of your Latin Mass type priests around here like to do it too.

So the whole "state of grace" thing has become more of a philosophical matter for me rather than something I have to worry about on a day to day basis.

 

[Michie]

I just stopped going to communion when my archbishop decided to use it as a weapon against people he didn't like.

Actually a lot of your Latin Mass type priests around here like to do it too.

So the whole "state of grace" thing has become more of a philosophical matter for me rather than something I have to worry about on a day to day basis.

How did they use it as a weapon?

 

[Goatee]

I just stopped going to communion when my archbishop decided to use it as a weapon against people he didn't like.

Actually a lot of your Latin Mass type priests around here like to do it too.

So the whole "state of grace" thing has become more of a philosophical matter for me rather than something I have to worry about on a day to day basis.

Dont let one man stop you from receiving the Body and Blood of Jesus. Confession is a wonderful sacrament.

 

[Sword of the Lord]

How did they use it as a weapon?

Probably didn't give it to divorced, non Catholics, homosexuals, or people in mortal sin who haven't confessed. You know, people the archbishop just didn't like.

 

[Michie]

Confession? And Communion? How can that happen?

Probably didn't give it to divorced, non Catholics, homosexuals, or people in mortal sin who haven't confessed. You know, people he just didn't like.

 

[Sword of the Lord]

Confession?

He said communion. Maybe it was a typo on his part.

 

[Michie]

I hit the reply by accident. Look at my previous post again.

He said communion. Maybe it was a typo on his part.

 

[Cos-play]

How did they use it as a weapon?

For a lot of people it was suggesting that the parents of gay children who didn't agree with the good arch-bishop's thoughts on how to be a proper Catholic parent to a gay child should consider that they may not presenting themselves for communion.

For me it was actually calling for priest to refuse communion who were working to defeat Minnesota 1. Commonly referred to as the "Minnesota Family Protection Act". It was a referendum to make equal marriage unconstitutional in Minnesota.

 

[Sword of the Lord]

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[anjelica]

I was told, when I thought I was in mortal sin, that I wasn't because I was there, at Confession. If I had been in mirtal sin I would not have been at Confession. And that venial sins are dealt with in Mass

 

[Michie]

Wow. I'm so sorry Charlie.