tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post335068740793842072..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The Romance of PietyPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-55537885212633521672011-03-20T21:34:53.401-05:002011-03-20T21:34:53.401-05:00My pastors do not offer Private Confession and Abs...My pastors do not offer Private Confession and Absolution of if they do, it's the best kept secret around. That being said, I have become friends with one and the other would not be safe for me to go to, so I guess it's moot point that they don't.<br /><br />If there was another pastor in the area who made it publicly known that he offered Private Confession on a regular basis and would allow those from outside of his parish to come (from what I understand reading online, most pastors would direct a non-member back to their own pastors), I would gladly go.I wonder as I wanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01788234130211214031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-82981715204563766382011-03-09T20:58:01.178-06:002011-03-09T20:58:01.178-06:00Confessing sins directly to
God eliminates the mid...Confessing sins directly to<br />God eliminates the middleman of a<br />pastor.<br /><br />Anonymous, would that it were all that easy to accept forgiveness in this way. But then God knew our weakness and so in Matthew 16 & 18 and John 20:23 commanded that the Office of the Ministry serve as those "middlemen" as you describe and insists that whatsoever sins these middlemen forgive, they are forgiven in heaven...<br /><br />No Pastor takes upon himself this power but it is the authority granted to Him by none other than Christ Himself...Pastor Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-26540906761711369752011-03-09T15:39:42.410-06:002011-03-09T15:39:42.410-06:00Would that all pastors would make private confessi...Would that all pastors would make private confession and absolution available on a regular basis!<br /><br />Most pastors would probably say that it's "available on request," but that makes it seem an oddity, something out of the ordinary, meant only for extreme situations.<br /><br />It is unfortunate that private confession and absolution is not a more "normal" practice because there is such comfort in hearing Christ's forgiveness spoken directly to you. Yes, most of the time one confesses directly to God. However, when one is heavily burdened by certain sins, even sins others might not consider weighty, nothing can compare to hearing His voice speaking forgiveness directly to one, via the pastor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-53812988407107473392011-03-09T15:06:38.015-06:002011-03-09T15:06:38.015-06:00"Pastor I need to talk to you about
something..."Pastor I need to talk to you about<br />something" is Lutheran talk speak for<br />confession. The Penitential Psalms<br />are God speak for confess your sins<br />directly to me. While it might be<br />helpful to confess your troubling<br />sins to a pastor, it is always good<br />to daily confess your sins to the<br />Lord. Confessing sins directly to<br />God eliminates the middleman of a<br />pastor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-48385949633526024342011-03-09T11:37:55.346-06:002011-03-09T11:37:55.346-06:00Would that more of us would take advantage of priv...Would that more of us would take advantage of privae confession!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-64632799480239816752011-03-09T07:48:07.856-06:002011-03-09T07:48:07.856-06:00re: expectations on approaching the Sacrament. I ...re: expectations on approaching the Sacrament. I find it very helpful to rehearse very slowly the words of communion hymns, such as: "Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face; here would I touch and handle things unseen; here grasp with firmer hand th'eternal grace and all my weariness upon Thee lean."Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350908137437557142noreply@blogger.com