http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKHKmEtpWao&feature=player_embedded
...teaching by example. This is certainly the first time that a Pope has gone to confession before the world.
So no excuses for Catholics who don't go this Lent.
Among the more idiotic and silly things that I have heard in discussions on this topic over the years: "I don't need to go...I don't commit sins." "I can never think of any sins to tell" "I haven't been for years. I consider myself to be a good person".
People commonly say that.
ReplyDeleteIt's easy to become unaware how petty your complaints and concerns sound to other people.
That comment was too brief.
ReplyDeleteI mean that people say "I don't commit sins" because they lack self-awareness. Typically manifested by being full of concerns and complaints about everything from their marriage to the council bin collection. Mostly others see this for what it is - just fussing. But they don't have that insight. So the faults aren't seen as faults, they are just a reasonable response to the appalling injustice of not having a bin emptied.