Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just think, there was a time when they put folks on the rack to elicit confessions. Eric Korenman 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. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >