tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post3403037159544239378..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Don't tell me. . . I can't be responsible. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-69895503056128439452018-08-09T17:11:20.950-05:002018-08-09T17:11:20.950-05:00Interesting. Actually the Pentitential psalms are ...Interesting. Actually the Pentitential psalms are holy inspired writings written by the "clergy" and when you had clergy-Priest between God and His people. Hmmm. This same God works then to hear the individual prayers of His people and sends clergy to act on His behalf. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-59370363233968420932018-08-09T17:05:39.544-05:002018-08-09T17:05:39.544-05:00Amen! And what a wonder thing the Lord sends His s...Amen! And what a wonder thing the Lord sends His shepherds to feed His sheep, to serve in His stead, to hear their confession, as Jesus Himself tells them to do (repeatedly), and to give His Words of Absolution and His Sacraments. What a wonderful thing Jesus established His church with Pastors to serve as His hands and mouth with His authority to His peolpe to forgive sins. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-8812050818352091262018-08-09T16:12:18.029-05:002018-08-09T16:12:18.029-05:00In the 7 Penitential Psalms in the Psalter the con...In the 7 Penitential Psalms in the Psalter the confession is always<br />between the confessor and the Lord. There is no middle man who is <br />clergy. What a wonderful thing to be able to speak directly with <br />the Lord on a daily basis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-36963392758870735092018-08-09T10:39:34.525-05:002018-08-09T10:39:34.525-05:00I just wondered why it is not normally mentioned i...I just wondered why it is not normally mentioned in the RC steps or in the usual Luth definition of Private Confession because there are confessions where folks want to find an easy passing of Go and don't intend to stop their sinning or really have no idea of what it might take to stop the sinning they confess but want at the moment to go through what they consider a theological exchange or barter system. Now one could question if they are truly contrite (which means that they acknowledge their sin) and that might be so... but many work on a this for that religious system. It raises the questions: Are their private confessions that are not confessions at all even though absolution was spoken and are their private confessions that begin and should be ended without absolution because sin and amendment were not truly confessed and promised? How much ought this to be a part of any pastoral conversation with the penitent?<br />Pastor Harvey S. Mozolakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343181299520104917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-63799217125411232372018-08-09T09:10:16.234-05:002018-08-09T09:10:16.234-05:00Purpose to amend one's life would surely fit b...Purpose to amend one's life would surely fit both RC and Luth in genuine contrition and sorrow over the sin, not just a way to escape feeling guilty. No?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-74850119229104221532018-08-09T08:17:23.987-05:002018-08-09T08:17:23.987-05:00Roman Catholics speak of three parts to Private Co...Roman Catholics speak of three parts to Private Confession: contrition, confession, and satisfaction and also then of the absolution by the priest. The SC speaks really of two: confession of sin and the absolution by the pastor. Presumably any talk of satisfaction in Luth circles would be in Christ's satisfaction for our sin. Is the confession of an thought/word/deed without contrition or without believing in God's forgiveness an act of confession? Where in RC and Luth teaching does "purpose to amend one's life" figure in in the act of confession, if at all?Pastor Harvey S. Mozolakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343181299520104917noreply@blogger.com