[Leica] Re: bless me lug for I have sinned

[faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)]

But I proposed the monthly contest!
Can someone give me an "Amen"?

Eric


On 11/28/06, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey - don't look to me. I was Bar-Mitzvah'd.
> But strayed.
> Way off.
>
> Eric
>
> On 11/28/06, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
> >
> > It's clear to me that you guys learned your confessional dialog from
> > movies.
> > RC confession in North America went like this, and it works best to be
> > kneeling:
> >
> > You say "Bless me Father, for I have sinned. It has been (amount of
> > time) since my last Confession".
> >
> > Then you say what you did, and try to sound penitent. Confess to the
> > most dire things first, and be precise. The priest is supposed to get 
> > you to
> > be quantitative.
> >
> > Then you say "For these and all the sins of my past life I am truly
> > sorry".
> >
> > Then the priest assigns you some penance, and you say an Act of
> > Contrition such as:
> >
> > O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended you and I detest all
> > my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell. But 
> > most
> > of all because I have offended you, my God, who are all good and 
> > deserving
> > of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of your grace, to confess 
> > my
> > sins, to do penance and to amend my life. Amen.
> >
> > The priest will, unless your sins are really out of control, pronounce
> > absolution, at the end of which you cross yourself. A traditional 
> > absolution
> > is:
> >
> > "God, the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his
> > Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us
> > for the forgiveness of sins; through the ministry of the Church may God 
> > give
> > you pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the
> > Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."
> >
> > He sometimes ends with "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good," to
> > which you say "For His mercy endures forever." If he says "Allah akhbar",
> > which means more or less the same thing in another language, it's 
> > probably
> > best to leave quickly.
> >
> > I'm Anglican, not Roman Catholic, but I read a lot and most countries
> > that I visit don't have Anglican churches in them.
> >
> > I'm the closest thing we've got to a priest in this sorry saloon, so I
> > guess it's my job to assign penance and pronounce absolution. Your 
> > penance
> > is to post good photographs and to enter the monthly contest.
> >
> >
> >
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