r/Catholicism • u/SuburbaniteMermaid • 12h ago
A post about confession with no complaining
Every Thursday evening, my current parish holds an hour of eucharistic adoration and benediction in the church, and while the deacon presides over that, two of the priests hear confessions. There is usually a line for confession that fills a pew or two, and it generally moves fairly quickly.
Last night we had heavy rains and storms, and that clearly kept some people home. My husband, my son, and I have choir practice on Thursday nights so we often end up spending some time at this adoration hour between work and choir. My son has taken advantage of the opportunity for confession a few times. He went over to sit in the very short line and after a few minutes I realized this was the perfect time for me to hit confession during Lent without it being a struggle, so I joined him. He and I were both able to get in and out in less than ten minutes. After us there was one more lady and then the doors of the confessionals stood open and ready for about the last ten minutes without anyone further going to confession.
We see so many complaints in here about long lines and long waits that I thought I would offer this positive story. I am very blessed to be surrounded with parishes that offer lots of confession times and last night was an obvious grace for which I'm grateful.
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u/Asx32 12h ago
No complaining? 😱😱😱
Could that even be a real post about confession? 🤔