Do you go to confession?

amdublin · 18-01-2014 05:03PM #1

Does anyone actually go??

Does the priest sit there reading a book waiting on the off chance some aul wan or aul fella comes in??

donvito99 · 18-01-2014 05:04PM

amdublin wrote: »

raiding a book

Viking priest.

Mint Sauce · 18-01-2014 05:05PM

Oh an RC bashing thread.

<opens popcorn>

Serious answer though, I'm sure people do, cant remember when I last went though.

amdublin · 18-01-2014 05:07PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Oh an RC bashing thread.

<opens popcorn>

Umm I didn't post with the intention of bashing anyone

I'm watching "Keep the Faith" film (rom-com) on rte now and just saw a confession scene which reminded me about going to confession when I was a kid.

Last time I went I reckon I was 13.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 18-01-2014 05:10PM

No,never saw the point even as a kid.

smcgiff · 18-01-2014 05:10PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

cant remember when I last went though.

Confession heard, my son. That's 2 Our Fathers and 6 Hail Mary's.

Don't leave it so long next time.

wretcheddomain · 18-01-2014 05:11PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Oh an RC bashing thread.

<opens popcorn>

We're in confession, shush.

AerynSun · 18-01-2014 05:11PM

amdublin wrote: »

I'm watching "Keep the Faith" film (rom-com) on rte now and just saw a confession scene which reminded me about going to confession when I was a kid.

That's an entertaining film in parts - don't want to spoil it for you, but there are some classic scenes in it... enjoy!

My name is URL · 18-01-2014 05:12PM

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

No,never saw the point even as a kid.

I always just made up stuff. No way was I actually going to tell him the bad stuff I done!

It was always crap like "forgive me father for I have sinned. I called my sister a big fat poo-poo head"

Knasher · 18-01-2014 05:12PM

I imagine they really only sit in there for a bit after a mass.

Son Of A Vidic · 18-01-2014 05:13PM

amdublin wrote: »

Do you go to confession?

Nope, never been arrested and don't plan on confessing anything to anybody.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 18-01-2014 05:16PM

I haven't gone in a long time. They're held every week in my local church and people go.

I'd wonder what would happen if you confessed to a murder these days, I was reading a book by Tim Pat Coogan ('The IRA') recently and he wrote of the old IRA chaps who were staunch Catholics and used to confess murders to a priest and be absolved without question.

Mint Sauce · 18-01-2014 05:17PM

amdublin wrote: »

Umm I didn't post with the intention of bashing anyone

I'm watching "Keep the Faith" film (rom-com) on rte now and just saw a confession scene which reminded me about going to confession when I was a kid.

Last time I went I reckon I was 13.

You may not have, but this is AHs, it will more than likely turn into one.

_Redzer_ · 18-01-2014 05:19PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I haven't gone in a long time. They're held every week in my local church and people go.

I'd wonder what would happen if you confessed to a murder these days, I was reading a book by Tim Pat Coogan ('The IRA') recently and he wrote of the old IRA chaps who were staunch Catholics and used to confess murders to a priest and be absolved without question.

Great game to play with the priest if ever I find myself in confession!!

Fr_Dougal · 18-01-2014 05:21PM

My name is URL wrote: »

I always just made up stuff. No way was I actually going to tell him the bad stuff I done!

It was always crap like "forgive me father for I have sinned. I called my sister a big fat poo-poo head"

Ah, 'big fat poo-poo head'...category 1 sin, wouldn't even get you a Hail Mary. Lying to the priest though? That's a paddlin'.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 18-01-2014 05:29PM

Father O'connor was off sick
So father Murphy took the confessions for the day
A woman came in and said
'Forgive me Father for I have sinned, I gave a man a blow job'
father Murphy looked on his penance list but could not see the blow job on his sinners list
So he whispered to a nearby altar boy ' What does father O'connor give for a blow job nowadays ?'
The altar boy replied
'Usually 2 quid and a packet of crisps'

gctest50 · 18-01-2014 05:30PM

Knasher wrote: »

I imagine they really only sit in there for a bit after a mass.

I suppose its better than the alternative

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHlOYx1zmpk

rolliepoley · 18-01-2014 05:30PM

http://www.reddit.com/r/confession/

:pac:

Vito Corleone · 18-01-2014 05:30PM

I always used to say I told a lie because I probably did and if I didn't then I had just told the priest a lie.

Red Pepper · 18-01-2014 05:32PM

I think making children do confession is very wrong. It is cruel and does nothing for their self esteem. Kids have it bad enough with their "original" sin

kneemos · 18-01-2014 05:32PM

The shinners should confess.

_Redzer_ · 18-01-2014 05:34PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Ah, 'big fat poo-poo head'...category 1 sin, wouldn't even get you a Hail Mary. Lying to the priest though? That's a paddlin'.

I hate when you were forced into confession at school and while you're in there bored out of your tree telling him your sins until you're done, he's still staring at you as in "come on!", so you have to resort to lying about what you've done to get him off your back.

I couldn't have been the only one doing that? :pac:

Reindeer · 18-01-2014 05:38PM

God already knows what your sins are. Asking the middle man for forgiveness he can't give you makes little sense.

Agricola · 18-01-2014 05:40PM

Always remember hating having to go when in school. Never knew what to say cos I rarely did anything that bad when I was 10! So i used to tell him I spat at people!

Never spat at anyone in my life!

rolliepoley · 18-01-2014 05:40PM

_Redzer_ wrote: »

I hate when you were forced into confession at school and while you're in there bored out of your tree telling him your sins until you're done, he's still staring at you as in "come on!", so you have to resort to lying about what you've done to get him off your back.

I couldn't have been the only one doing that? :pac:

And whats gas is, your discussion on what sins to tell him with your class mates before you go in.

Ruu · 18-01-2014 05:44PM

_Redzer_ wrote: »

I hate when you were forced into confession at school and while you're in there bored out of your tree telling him your sins until you're done, he's still staring at you as in "come on!", so you have to resort to lying about what you've done to get him off your back.

I couldn't have been the only one doing that? :pac:

Similar, with me when I was finished waffling on about everything under the sun, he would come out with "Go on..". Unprepared!

Nemeses · 18-01-2014 05:47PM

Shure I've nothing to confess Ted.

Daqster · 18-01-2014 05:55PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQXwbEMMS7Y

Duff · 18-01-2014 06:05PM

Don't even go to mass, never mind confession.

Sir Arthur Daley · 18-01-2014 06:15PM

I havent been to confession since making my communion.

buyer95 · 18-01-2014 11:46PM

What can a priest do if the confessor tells him something terrible like he is a serial killer? Does he just absolve him, then send him on his way to murder again?

Do you go to confession?

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