Psalm 51 (NRSV CE)

Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon
To the leader. A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

1
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.

2
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.

3
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.

4
Against you, you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence
and blameless when you pass judgment.

5
Indeed, I was born guilty,
a sinner when my mother conceived me.

6
You desire truth in the inward being;[a]
therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.

7
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.

9
Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.

10
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right[b] spirit within me.

11
Do not cast me away from your presence,
and do not take your holy spirit from me.

12
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and sustain in me a willing[c] spirit.

13
Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will return to you.

14
Deliver me from bloodshed, O God,
O God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.

15
O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.

16
For you have no delight in sacrifice;
if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased.

17
The sacrifice acceptable to God[d] is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

18
Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,

19
then you will delight in right sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.

** during Lauds, and Vespers ... Amen!

hello!

God bless! how r u?

Hey! nice to hear from you, I am good thanks!

LYN Catholic Fellowship has been around for awhile now. Hope u can contribute something ya? TQ n GBU!

What to Tell a Priest in a Devotional Confession

How do you speak with a priest in Confession when you do a devotional confession and he says that you don't need to mention past sins as they are already forgiven?

I assume that you mean by “devotional confession” going to confession even if you have no mortal sins on your conscience. Many spiritual writers will refer to that as “frequent confession,” since it is still a sacramental encounter, not just a private act of devotional piety.

In general, if you explain to the priest the situation you are in, he will be able to adjust his guidance. If he doesn’t know that this is a “devotional” confession, he may be concerned that you are devotional confession being over-scrupulous by mentioning imperfections or not fully willed venial sins. In that case, he may try to comfort you by explaining the difference between sins of malice and sins of weakness, or other distinctions. But if you explain that you – for example – have a spiritual director and are following a spiritual program, he will understand that you are making a good confession and working intentionally on spiritual progress. In that case, he won’t think you are falling into being over-scrupulous.

On the other hand, if you mean by “devotional confession” a “general confession,” where you confess all the sins of your past life or even of an extended period (the last year, for example), then it’s important to mention that to the priest at the beginning of your confession. In a general confession like that, it is common to mention sins that we have already confessed, as a way of stirring up a sincere spirit of contrition. A general confession of this sort is often part of a spiritual retreat and aids the retreatant in entering more deeply into God’s mercy and love. Making that kind of examination of conscience can even help us identify behavior patterns that shed light on the roots of our common sins and faults. But if the priest you are confessing to doesn’t know you are doing a general confession, he may think you are just being over-scrupulous and advise you to focus only on the period since your last confession.

If, on the other hand, you feel moved to confess over and over again sins that you have already confessed, even outside the context of a general confession, this could be a good topic to discuss in spiritual direction. Even in confession, you could ask the priest about it. You could explain that you know it is not necessary to “re-confess” your sins, but even so you are feeling a desire and a need to confess them again. That could spark a beautiful dialogue – maybe the Lord is saying something to you through that desire, maybe there is something for you to discover there.

Source: https://www.spiritualdirection.com/2018/07/...onal-confession

And that is why I posted the video on St Thomas Aquinas' depiction of Hell

Aren't all who follow Christ exhorted to enter the narrow gate and walk the narrow path anyways?

Philippians 2:12 (NRSVCE)
Shining as Lights in the World

" ... Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; ... "

GB in your journey!

God bless and protect our priests from any and all harm!!!




This post has been edited by khool: Jul 19 2018, 11:03 AM

hi bro,

same here, but I don't think it is available for download. Maybe can purchase on hard copy though, because SIC screened the movie last year during his feast day.

eh? not calling for Frankie's resignation?

Frankie was basically flipping the press then, and asking them to go do actual work, i.e. investigative journalism rather than being an echo chamber for some left libtard group.

And yes, you are spot on ... no one can call for the removal of the pontiff from office, except the Almighty Himself.

Peace brother!

yes, i stand corrected ... meant to type "no one can force" ... mea culpa

Hail Mary, full of grace, punch the devil ... in the face!