Need to Confess Your Sins? There’s an App for That
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Jonathon M. Seidl
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Confession is getting a tech-aged update.
A new iPhone and iPad app allows users to go walks users through most of the process of Catholic confession, and it‘s received the church’s approval. But while it shows users can how to confess their sins using the password-protected service, sinners will still have to go to an actual priest to receive absolution.*
A Catholic bishop has approved the new $1.99 app called “Confession: A Roman Catholic App.” Patrick Leinen, the app’s creator, told Time the goal is to help churchgoers through the process as well as to encourage lapsed Catholics to come back to the faith.
“Our desire is to invite Catholics to engage in their faith through digital technology,” Leinen also told Fox. He said Bishop Kevin Rhoades, of the Diocese of Fort Wayne in Indiana, officially authorized the app for Catholics to use.
*A point of clarification. The app only walks Catholics through the sacrament of confession and contains what the company behind the program describes as a “personalized examination of conscience for each user,” as the Fox link to the story explains. Again, the app itself does not offer absolution. As one reader pointed out, it’s akin to a “how to” book.
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Kookaburra
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:11pmBMMILLER1975, I fully agree with you. It is statistical fact that this amount of offending priests in the Catholic Church amounts to 1% (one percent). This percentage is an abomination in my book no matter what! Justifiably, all faiths should be examined in the same vein, but again, Catholicism gets front page headlines with this topic. Again, why? Because they have to take that faith down at all costs. It is the only obstacle to Satan and the NWO and the impending Apocalypse. The Blessed Virgin Mary has and continues to warn of the dangers to the faith. She continually appears all over the world, daily! See Fatima, Portugal; Medjugorie, Yugoslavia; Garabandal; Lourdes, France; etc. All the Marian Apparitions. She is not doing this for nothing. Being the Mother of Our Lord, she is the closest human being to Jesus, and in that regard would be privy to a better relationship with Him than anyone else. But look at the messages. Read them. Study them, before you all go off on a tangent spewing lies about the Church. The Church is not perfect, but the best way to take down a fortress is to invade it with a trojan horse. This has been done to the Catholic Church. They have to make it look bad at all costs to take it down. How many of you actually know what has been done in the recruiting of priests to the faith over the past 50 some years? Did you know that there are nothing but Freemasons in the Catholic hierarchy who actually interview prospective seminarians and turn them out of the priesthood claiming they are not good candidates for priests? I know priests this has happened to. Good men who want to serve the Lord are told NO simply because a Satanic Masonic bishop says that they won’t conform to the “new” masonic ways now imposed on the church and in particular since 1960′s and Vatican 2. St. Catherine said that the Antichrist was present at Vatican 2. Read our history, read the Siri Thesis, read all Marian writings and apparitions, don’t shoot at the Church from the hip, because most here who do know nothing of our faith. It is the only constant throughout history for over 2,000 years and it is being systematically dismantled from within, the very same way that the United States is being taken down. Pray it is repaired, pray for conversions. The Lord’s Church, by His own Words, will never be destroyed. The gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Ever heard that one? We had better pray real hard for good, traditional, true priests in the Confessional, because without them, we have no absolution, we die with sins on our souls, and we have no True Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Jesus gave this sacrament to them at the Last Supper. Satan has been dismantling the sacrament of Holy Orders for centuries. You should read the history of the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel. It was ordered to be recited after and during every Mass prior to Vatican 2 by Pope Leo who authored it. The reason he wrote it was because he was given a vision of an argument/conversation Satan had with Christ after the Pope said Mass one day. He was struck down in ecstasy on the altar. This is Catholic documented fact. He overheard (was given the privilege of hearing) this conversation. Satan boasted he could destroy the Church if he was given enough time. Christ said basically that He promised the gates of hell would never prevail against His Church (the Bridegroom of Christ). Satan asked for 100 years to bring souls against Christ. He asked for the 20th Century. God allowed it by allowing Satan to infiltrate the world with his demons during that time. For whatever God’s reasons are, there is a freewill aspect here, and it appears to follow Biblical prophecy as a sort of weeding out of the wheat from the chaff. It falls into place with what is happening in the NWO and Revelations. Study our faith. Don‘t condemn what you don’t know. And pray that you may not be put to the test: St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray. And do Thou Oh Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into hell, Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Report Post »JESUS-IS-LORD
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:10pmNo no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no !!!!!!!
Report Post »I do not think so! Are you people crazy or just plain stupid? Seriously, this is by far the most blasphemous thing EVER! God is going to seriously cripple the guy who invented this. Glory be to GOD. Amen.
ARMOR BEARER 147
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:44pmJ-I-L,
“God is going to seriously cripple the guy who invented this.”
What Bible does THAT theology come from?
You act as if evil is not allowed to prosper in a world run by “The Prince of The Power of The Air (Satan), the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:” [Ephesians 2:2]
God’s wrath will be violent and glorious but it is sated for now in the blood of Christ. Do not be too quick to condemn from our own mouth or wrath that which God can forgive at His divine pleasure. It was God, himself who put Christ on the cross for your sins.” Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer…” [Isaiah 53:10]
“But, if we confess our sins [Christ] is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness” [1 John 1:9] —-[-
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:09pm.
DashRipRock there is no reason to go Racist. And I’m sorry for your experience at the hands of that priest, Munchausen’s can be cured I think.
Legal Immigrant
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:56pmElectronic Dirt collection on people.
That Patriot Act portion that just died? Died in time for some maybe.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:51pmOh crap father, I smoked dope, drank and ate to excess, lusted after women and actively dislike the president.
Report Post »ldpeters
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:49pm“Father I have sinned and my hard drive doeesn’t feel too good either!”
IDIOT ALERT!
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:49pmThis is a mockery of the faith. I am shocked the Bishop approved this. Even if we can qualify that the church is not making money off this, there is still the world of perception. I think too there is the possibility some will think they have recieved the sacrement when they haven‘t because they haven’t been absolved of their sins.
Report Post »I also agree with the person that commented about privacy and how this information floating in cyber space could be used. This is something best kept private in a confessional.
smithclar3nc3
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:28pmAWW..COME ON! Give us a dg virtual priest already so we can recieve absolution while in the Micky ‘D’s drive through. As if a priest had the power to forgive sin………lol talk about arrogance
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:23pmSo GO ALREADY
I guess because one black man robs a liquor store
then all black men rob liquor stores?
Need a Brain … (see the app below)
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:23pmOkay, with all the data mining going on behind the scenes, would you actually give whoever is watching a list of your transgressions to add to your information????
Silversmith
Report Post »GrannyATL
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:17pmThat’s what would scare the bejeebers out of me. I won’t even join Facebook or Twitter for that reason.
Report Post »freedomwatcher
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:19pmI don’t have to confess anything. Bush did it.
Report Post »Rotten
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:17pmNoone bothered to mention that the creator of this app has stated that the app cannot absolve you. This app’s only purpose is to help you reflect and ready you for confession.
Report Post »TexasArmadillo
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:01pmOuch, lets go after Catholics today huhh? Before you knock sacred Catholic traditions, why don’t you explore why we do them. Also, understand that a Bishop is allowed to lead his dioceses as he sees fit. Just because they are allowed to do this in Indiana does not mean that all of Catholicism is now doing it.
Now, my personal opinion is that this is not the way to get more perishers to your churches. If this train of thought is ok, then why not have phone-in confessions. As stated before this breaks the seriousness of this sacrament. I don’t see how the holy spirit is going o come out of your I-Phone and resolve you of your sins.
Report Post »brliantedj
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:59amIf you sin, you’re sentenced to 5 swatches of what I wear in TIME or NEWSWEEK or any other rag you see me in, signed MOOchelle
Report Post »Gita
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:54amAs a Catholic I must speak out. Do your research. If you believe in Jesus as the Savior and you know your bible you know that Jesus gave Peter the command to build the Lord’s church. Peter in obedience began the Catholic church and was the first Pope. Now if you believe that Jesus could make a mistake or was wrong in his choice of Peter to build His church than the conversation is done. But if you believe that Jesus was perfect in all He said, commanded and did while on earth than the conversation is done. As for Mary, Catholics pray to Mary to pray for us. Do we not need all the prayers that we can get? And is not Mary the Blessed Mother of Jesus the perfect person to pray for us. God Bless us all.
Report Post »TexasArmadillo
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:04pmAmen!!!!!
Report Post »truthncharity
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:02pmIf you’re speaking of the scripture found in Matthew 16:18 – Jesus said HE would build the church.
Matthew 16:18: “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Report Post »ARMOR BEARER 147
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:06pm“Jesus gave Peter the command to build the Lord’s church”
Poor Theology, Tradition or Translation?
“[Jesus] saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” [Matthew 16:15-18 (Ephasis Added) ----[-
Jesus Christ himself builds and is still building The Church!
Peter was used as the first proclaimer of The Gospel of Christ to the Jews. He was a humble and honorable man (after his denial and reinstatment (John Chps 18 & 21)) greatly used by God through The Holy Spirit given to him on Pentecost. Thousands of Jews belived in Christ through his testemony. and he continued to proclaim Christ until his death.
I find no SCRIPTURAL evidence of a command to establish a papal headship or priesthood for The Church. In fact, it was Peter, himself, who wrote of the ENTIRE CHURCH "You are a Royal Priesthood" [1 Peter 2:9] after explaining that Christ was The Rock which causes men to stumble and fall because of their disobedience to the message.
“And [Jesus] said to them: “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!” [Mark 7:9] —-[-
Report Post »Gita
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:26pmSorry to disagree but the actual words in Mathew 16:18 “I for my part declare to you, you are ‘Rock’ and on this rock I will build my church, and the jaws of death shall not prevail against it.” Research what church put together the Bible from the original writings.
Report Post »Craigly
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:39pm@Gita
Report Post »They probably won’t research it, so I’ll spell it out for them. By the year 170, the Church founded by Christ was calling itself Catholic. Between the years 380 and 412, in three Catholic councils, the unanimous decision to canonize 73 books as Sacred Scripture occurred. More than a thousand years later, several books were removed from the Bible by people other than the Catholic Church founded by Christ to satisfy an earthly king who wanted to relax divorce and annulments for himself. Two books, Revelation and James, were initially removed for more than a year, but put back into the Protestant version of the Bible.
truthncharity
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:39pm@Gita – even the scripture you posted says Jesus says HE will build the church. Nuff said. God bless.
Report Post »Gita
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:53pm@Truth so sorry but as Christ knew His fate Christ the Lord charged Peter with building His church. Look it up , do your research.
Report Post »Craigly
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:56pmIn defense of Gita and the Church:
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, even so I send you.” (Jn 20:21)
In this passage, Jesus commissions the Apostles with continuing his own mission. This mission has its source in the divine authority of the Father. How did the Father send Jesus? With all authority in Heaven! That’s the authority that Jesus confers upon Peter. Powerful stuff.
“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.” (Mt 10:40)
And:
“He who hears you hears Me, and he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.” (Lk 10:16)
Report Post »ARMOR BEARER 147
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:16pmTo be absolutly correct the ORIGINAL text is:
κἀγὼ δέ σοι λέγω ὅτι σὺ εἶ Πέτρος καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ πύλαι ᾅδου οὐ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς
Which reads phonetically as:
kagó dé soi légo óti sý eí Pétros kaí epí táfti tí pétra oikodomíso mou tín ekklisían kaí pýlai ádou ou katischýsousin aftís
Where “Pétros“ is the common name Peter and ”pétra“ is a rock or stone and where you get ”pýlai” as jaws is beyond me, it means Large Gate.
None of which negates the translation of “oikodomíso” to I WILL BUILD! even your english translation gets this concept. It’s only your tradition that stands in the way.
“Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down.” [Mark 7:13] —-[-
Report Post »truthncharity
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:28pm@Gita….I’m truly not trying to be argumentative….servants of the Lord should not be contentious. I simply stated the scripture you posted said Jesus would build the church. Maybe I’m not seeing it, but I don‘t see where that’s a command for Peter to build it. I have to leave now but I will consider what you’ve said and look into and pray over it. Whatever you believe, live it sincerely before God.
Report Post »Craigly
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:36pm@Armor Bearer 147
I know you mean well, brother or sister. Go deeper in your analysis. In Koine Greek at the time, Petros and petra were synonyms. If that’s not good enough for you, go deeper. They were speaking Aramaic, which when translated to Koine Greek, comes out at Petros and petra.
The original Aramaic comes out as Kepha and kepha; identical words, but one is Peter’s proper name. The same exact word is used, but one is a proper name. There is no contrast between one word and the other. Because they are synonymous, it is instead a comparison and truly bears witness to the primacy of Peter in the foundation of the Church Jesus founded – the very same Church that Christ said would endure until the end.
Can you name any other Church around at that time that has endured until now? I pray that the Holy Spirit will guide you into the fullness of truth.
Report Post »cindy g
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:07pmGita….Nowhere in the bible, (except in the Catholic version, maybe?) does it state that Peter was made the pope. God did not “make” popes, bishops or deacons.
Peter spread the word to the gentiles and Paul was sent to spread the word to Hebrews aka Jews.
Catholics subtracted 8 books from the bible and added 7 of their own. This was against God’s teaching.
Deuteronomy 4:2
King James Bible
Report Post »Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish [ought] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
ARMOR BEARER 147
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:31pm@Truth
I am not arguing that Peter does not mean Rock (perhaps that was unclear by my wording.) I greatly enjoy the symbology of wordplay used by God and Christ in the scriptures.
My contension is only this: That Christ Himself builds the church. I see no call in scripture to elevate any man to a position of Supreme Authority of The Faith or The Church. Christ is The Head
“What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow [Peter]“; still another, “I follow Christ.”
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?” [1 Corinthians 1:12-13]
“What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task.” [1 Corinthians 3:5]
Peter also refers to himself as “A fellow elder” and “witness to Christ suffering” [1 Peter 5:1] and proclaims Christ as “The Chief Cornerstone” [1 Peter 2:6]
I use scripture to defend my position! Show me in any translation of the scripture where Peter is proclaimed or claims to be “The Head of The Church” It simply isn’t there.
“Spake Jesus to the multitude…”But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, [even] Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Report Post »And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ.”" [Matthew 23:8-10]
ARMOR BEARER 147
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:53pm@ Cindy
Whoa there, sister, in your haste you have typed incorrectly Peter is the apostle to the Jews and Paul the apostle to the gentiles.
“For God, who was at work in the ministry of Peter as an apostle to the Jews, was also at work in my ministry as an apostle to the Gentiles.” [Galatians 2:8]
Who are these men but mere servants fulfilling their duties to Christ?
Report Post »ARMOR BEARER 147
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:54pm@ Truth
Which brings up another important question.
Why is Paul; who’s doctrine is in no dispute with the Catholic Church and wrote far more on the topic of Christ in the scripures than Peter; spread the Gospel to more people; Contended for The Faith before Ceasar’s Courts; who was called up into heaven; treated as an equal to Peter in the scriptures, but a lesser to Peter by the Catholic church?
Peter was the apostle to the Jews.
Report Post »How many Jews remain in the Catholic Church you claim Peter founded as enduring?
ARMOR BEARER 147
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:58pm@Truth and the rest
Apologies. The previous posts labeled @Truth were @CRAIGLY. Oops!
Report Post »mommy2many
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:25amAmen, again.
Report Post »Craigly
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 10:59am@Armor
Did you know that the very Holy Scriptures you quote were canonized by the Catholic Church? You already implicitly trust the Catholic Church. However, nowhere in Holy Scripture will you find that Holy Scripture alone is sufficient for handing on the faith to others; only profitable. Who is going to translate and interpret these teachings for you? I would suggest going to where the true authority in truth resides:
“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” [1 Timothy 3:15]
If there is any doubt, “the pillar and ground of the truth” is the Catholic Church; the very same Church that Jesus started with His Apostles. A study of Church history will reveal this to you.
Report Post »Bearfoot
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 11:21amARMOR BEARER 147,
Report Post »Thank you for your clear thinking.
I suggest everyone here take some time and carefully read Matthew 16:13-28 for themselves.
Read the section from various translations to get the flavor of what is being said.
Using only one translation is not always helpful.
ARMOR BEARER 147
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:10pm@ Craigly
Your examination on Cannonization is simply inaccurate. The Synod of Hippo (393), and The 2 Councils of Carthage (397) and (419) all list the exact same 27 books of The New Testament Scriptures just as they are today. Proclaimed cannonized and closed by St. Augustine.
The attemted removal of “several books” by Luther in the 15th Century inluding Hebrews, James, Jude and Revelation was rejected by even the Protestant Church. The only contested books that I am aware of are in The Apocrypha and even The Catholic Church officially considers them extrabiblical (not to mention they do not effect the New Testament)
If there are other books listed by these councils you are aware of that are not in today’s NT please advise as to which books were removed.
Report Post »ARMOR BEARER 147
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:55pm@ Craigly
I DO NOT implicitly trust The Catholic Church. For the statement implies that I trust that their beliefs and tradition are in line with The Gospel they were called to Proclaim. In as much as the Israelites failed to proclaim it in days of The Temple Worship. Boastful and hoarding God’s righteousness as if they were His greatness.
I DO implicitly trust God, The Father whom has used men for thousands of years to write, record, assemble, and preserve and translate His Holy Word for the profitability of the power of salvation. “First for the Jew and also for the gentile.”
As to who do I go to for translation and interpretation of the teaching; I go, as you say, to “The Truth” God Himself, The Holy Spirit which lives within me; for my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit [1 Corinthians 6:19] and to reputable and righteous men of God. Living and Dead. (Lester Watson (Mentor Teacher, A More Godly Man of The Word I have never met,) Robert Reidy (my home Pastor), A.W. Tozer, Arthur W. Pink, Fulton J. Sheen, Robert Coleman) to name a few.
But I am a Barean receiving the message with great eagerness (awaiting new revelation from God) and examining the Scriptures to see if what they say is true. [Acts 17:11]
“For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.”
Report Post »[1 Corinthians 2:11-12] —-[-
DashRipRock
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:52am.
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BMMiller1975
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:49amThere are more pedophiles in the public schools than their are in the priesthood. I do not say it excuses the priests who have fallen, but I do say as Glenn Beck would that you should go “Do your homework” before you make statements like this.
Report Post »brliantedj
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:47amYes I confess, I’m a Michellian. I had 2 mcg of salt yesterday and I forgot to eat my broccoli. PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!!!
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:43amLOL!!!! Now this is one story that is stranger than fiction. Rather sad but I guess it’s just another form of widget selling.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:35amCan you get one that goes to the Pope?
Report Post »integrican
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:31amNow the NSA can “track” people’s sins.
What’s next? the “Impure Thoughts” Police ?
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:49amintegrican
Report Post »And do you realize how many stupid people will “confess” a crime on this app, then get arrested for whatever their crime might be….then be surprised!! It will be interesting how their “expectation of privacy” will be explained away. Bet it won’t be long before we hear about the first case. I for one would not trust this at all!! I just say my prayers in private.
Gonzo
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:30amI’m lucky, my God let’s me confess any time, anywhere with no roaming fees. Free salvation for first time customers.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:29amI’m a recovering catholic, and this is one of the reasons I’m not anymore. My sins (and they are many) are between me and god.
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
knotaclu
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:39amDITTO….and Mary can’t hear either….go straight to the MAN….
Report Post »BMMiller1975
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:48amIronman, if you had cancer would you treat yourself? Of course not. You would run to the nearest and best trained physician you could find. Confession is for treatment of mortal sins, cancers of the soul, and as such should not be treated by yourself but with the very best help you can find. Yes, Jesus forgives but the priest will help you to find the root cause of your sin and to treat that cause so that you may one day be sure you sin no more.
Report Post »Ballgame
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:02pm@BMMILLER1975, I also am a former Catholic. I never understood my personnel relationship with Jesus until I left. Catholicism is more about church rules than Jesus IMHO. Your still my brother/sister if Christ regardless.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:08pm“You would run to the nearest and best trained physician you could find.” Agreed, his name is Jesus.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:56pm““BMMILLER
If I had cancer I wouldn‘t go to a third party for advice I’d go to the doctor.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:02pmSince were on the topic of sin, the Catholic church should take a good look at itself. Whats this crap about kissing the popes ring? Looks like worship to me. And how about the Vatican; what unnecessary, rediculous oppulance, its completely sinful. Praying the Hail Mary? “Thou shalt have no other gods before me”. Covering up pedofile preists. Sorry, but spirituality and Catholisism aren’t compatible.
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Craigly
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:26pm@Ironmaan
Catholics aren’t the only ones praying the Hail Mary. Have you ever read it? Where’s the God-worship you claim to be in the Hail Mary?
Not sure I‘d call kissing the Pope’s ring worship, but did you know that there were two words for worship in the Bible? One was for the worship due to God Himself. The other, which is more along the lines of honoring, is for humans.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:32pmCraig
When you pray the Hail Mary, who do you think your praying to? What is prayer, but worship.
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
Craigly
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:42pm@Ironmaan
Report Post »I’m asking Mary to pray for me, much as I’d ask you to pray for me. It’s right in the prayer:
“Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.”
cindy g
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:55pmIronman…Great response. I left the Catholic church 40 years ago. My prayers are between myself and my Lord and Savior.
I go straight to the “source, NOT some money making entity. When I donate, I pick the charities I believe deserve the money and will make good use of the funds.
Report Post »hoosierfox
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 9:44pmKnotaclu: You should read Kings 2:19… Mary is the Queen Mother just as Bathsheba was to Solomon. As you see, the Queen mother was held in high regard. People bring their request to the King through the Queen Mother, yet the King has the last say. Mary is the same. Just as in John 2 at the Wedding of Cana. Mary encourages Jesus to perform his first Miraculous deed on the behalf of others. Don’t mess with Queen Mother. She has the Kings ear. Embrace the Queen mother. After all He gave her to all of us on the cross. She is your mother too.
Report Post »mommy2many
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:06amKNOTACLU, so you don’t believe you can talk to your relatives who have passed on and you hope are in Heaven? I would think that a woman who God deemed acceptable to carry his Son in her womb would be in Heaven, with St. Peter, Moses and the like, and I would love for them to pray for me.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:28am.
Need to Confess Your Sins? There’s an App for That
They need an ap to fix stupid………………….
Report Post »BMMiller1975
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:52amBut I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell. – Matthew 5:22
Report Post »Think4yourself
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:53amAgreed!
http://www.unsalvageable.org
Report Post »mommy2many
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:02amJesus to his Apostles (the first priests):
Report Post »Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
8jrts
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:25amI’m not catholic, but did God ever charge to confess before?? Doesn’t seem right to me.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:30amI’m not Catholic, but I have never been charged for confessing to God and asking for forgiveness. I’m not looking for a bill from God, either.
Report Post »roxee
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:32amDoes Napolitano read them herself,or, a staff member
Report Post »GrannyATL
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:45amI am Catholic and believe that this App cheapens what should be a very healing process. The Bishop that approved it should have forseen the mockery that would be made of the Sacrament and not given it his blessing.
Trying to look at a possible up-side………um……..well…….I’ll let you know when I find one.
Report Post »BMMiller1975
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:45amNobody’s being charged for confession. They are being charged for the privilege of having help examining their conscience using their iPhone. They could pick up any number of completely free pamphlets on the subject or go online and look it up, but the app itself costs money to make and to maintain and thus must also charge for use.
Report Post »Think4yourself
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:49amThis is just one more way for the Government to monitor what you do. Password protected means nothing. So you confess about anything the Feds don’t agree with and here comes the PC police to re-educate you or worse, lock you up.
http://www.unsalvageable.org
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Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:56amBMMiller1975
Report Post »Yes you are right in that people can have “the privilege of having help examining their conscience” any way they choose, but if they choose this method, it WILL cost them. It costs to run a church but no one is asked to pay for the church in order to enter a confessional.
I didn’t remark about the choice, just about the cost.
caitlynsdad
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:12pm@GrannyATL
Report Post »I agree with you. I don’t know that there are any up-sides. This sounds too much to me like those mainline Protestant churches that think they can get more people interested in the sermon by using PowerPoint–but the only thing that happens is that those churches find their pews emptier and emptier; more people are searching for genuine spirituality than a gimmick. As for confession, if a person can’t go through the sacrament the old-fashioned way, then they’re more interested in the gadget than in the Church. Somehow I’m reminded of that scene in “Bruce Almighty” where Bruce is answering everyone’s prayers by e-mail. Cheapens something that’s supposed to be holy.
Kookaburra
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:29pmYou are right, this is wrong. FIRST OF ALL, because Confession (the Sacrament of Penance) is a SACRAMENT, LIKE THE OTHER 6 sacraments (7 in all). By definition a Sacrament is: AN OUTWARD SIGN INSTITUTED BY CHRIST TO GIVE GRACE. What graces are received through this heresy? NONE–ZERO! Again, yet another attempt to trash Catholicism (Christianity is all forms, but Catholicism is the most trashed.) Why? Because it is the only faith by which there is no contest. All the rest are watered down versions of Catholicism, or outright diametrically opposed to Catholicism. It is the only faith which has the closest version (in Catholicism’s purest form–that being PRE-VATICAN 2!!!) of the True Faith of our fathers handed down by Christ to the Apostles and evangelized throughout the world. It is the only form of Christianity that was heretically trashed simply because an English king wanted divorces and annulments he had no grounds for, so he beheaded his wives and started his own religion. This is the reason for denominations. This caused the Reformation which is heresy. Furthermore, that same king denounced Confession and absolution from priests which was granted and imbued into the priest by Jesus Christ Himself: “What sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them. What sins you shall retain, they are retained.” Try getting that from a hand-held computer……Wise up people. This is the only faith that will bring you through this Apocalypse. And this embarassing excuse for a Catholic bishop (who is probably one of the freemasons who have infiltrated the Catholic church in attempt after attempt to destroy it from within) should be immediately excommunicated for this gross act of heresy! The Blessed Virgin Mary warned and continues to warn to this day of the dangers to the Church coming from within its own walls, and this is another prime example.
Report Post »GrannyATL
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:34pmcaitlynsdad, I have to object to your portrayal of Protestant churches, sweeping a broad brush against their practices. That’s not helpful. If we want them to treat Catholics with more respect, we need to show them the same courtesy.
As a Catholic, I have a deep appreciation for how the Sacrament can bring about healing. I didn‘t always have that appreciation and can’t expect that most people who’ve never been taught the true meaning behind the Sacrament get it.
The App developer says he created it in order to bring people back to the Sacrament. I suspect that 99.5% of those who take the App will use it as a joke to mock Catholicism. Maybe 10% of those may find a changed heart because of it.
Report Post »caitlynsdad
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:58pm@GrannyATL
Report Post »I agree with you, and should have been clearer in what I wrote. I didn’t mean to suggest that all (or even most) Protestant churches are like that, and was only referring only to a few of the mainline ones that are losing membership. (My mother’s Presbyterian church uses PowerPoint during the sermons, and so I was thinking specifically of that one for my example, though when I was a Protestant I encountered a lot of similar things in the churches I would attend.) There are more conservative Protestant churches who do go out of their way to avoid such things, and even preach against them from the pulpit. Those churches tend to be flourishing quite well.
cindy g
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:50pmThis IS one of the many reasons I am no longer a Catholic!
Anyway they can find to make a buck and fill their golden/diamond encrusted “coffers,!”
Report Post »GrannyATL
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:03pmCindy, I hate to burst your bubble, but the money that goes to buy this App goes to the designer of the App — not the Catholic Church. Hopefully you used a little more thought when you decided to leave the Church than you did in composing your post.
Report Post »mommy2many
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:54pmI AM Catholic and it’s not God charging here, folks. This is just a guidebook for the MANY Catholics who don’t go to Confession on a regular (monthly) basis. Sadly, many Catholics weren’t brought up in a family who went regularly and after their first Confession, never went again and don’t remember how to go about celebrqting the Sacrament.
Report Post »caitlynsdad
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 6:59amWell, I don’t know now. If the app just walks them through the examination of conscience, then I don‘t know how it’s any different than finding an examination of conscience on the Internet. In which case, I now wonder: Why is this a story?
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