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Reconciliation and Confession: a Catholic youth/age divide?

monara · 2024-09-09 20:19:07

On my recent visits to churches for confession, I have been struck by the absence of penitents under the age of 60 years. I notice the same age dufference at weekly masses. On discussing the confession question with a few friends, I have been struck by their lack of appreciation of the difference between reconciliation,…

09-09-2024 8:19pm

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monara

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On my recent visits to churches for confession, I have been struck by the absence of penitents under the age of 60 years. I notice the same age dufference at weekly masses. On discussing the confession question with a few friends, I have been struck by their lack of appreciation of the difference between reconciliation, which is a daily process for all of us, and confession which to a large extent, seems to be a sacrament for the over 60s only. Can confession as we know it survive?

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