Nowadays, I see more and more people driving at high speeds, especially on the highway (North-South highway, LEKAS highway (some of the many highways in Malaysia), doesn’t matter. You get Formula-1 wannabes). The speed limit is 90 Km/h or 110 Km/h, depending on which highway one is using, but these people seem to be going…
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Are We Really Keeping Clean?
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Maintaining cleanliness in our homes or living quarters is something we do regularly to ensure good hygiene and overall tidiness. Maintaining cleanliness includes taking out the garbage, lest the house itself ends up becoming a rubbish dump, which would then attract unwanted creatures like cockroaches, rats, mice and other creepy crawlies which either thrive on…
Act of Contrition: A Requirement in the Sacrament of Reconciliation
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A person must have a contrite heart for the sacrament of Reconciliation to be effective. A contrite heart expresses repentance, without which there can be no forgiveness of sin. Thus, the act of contrition was formulated to express the thoughts of such a contrite heart. It is a requirement of the Sacrament. When people go…
Advent or Lent Penitential Service: Some Observations
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During each Advent or Lent Penitential Service, several matters keep cropping up and I feel it is necessary to take heart: 1. Come early. Some priests come from quite a distance and if that priest is the one you are comfortable going to, coming late means you might “miss” him. Moreover, coming early gives you…
The Ten Commandments: A Refresher – Introduction
Some of us may have forgotten or are unsure what the 10 commandments mean. So, to help these folks, here is a summary of the 10 commandments to help us especially in preparation for the sacrament of confession. I am the Lord your God, you shall have no strange gods besides me You shall not…
Confess at Confession, Not Gossip
At times, there are some people who come to confession and when they begin, instead of confessing their sins, they start to confess other people’s sins, or sometimes, they even start blaming other people for causing them to sin. They talk about what their husband, wife, children, parents, in-laws, out-laws, etc. have done; they talk…
How to Make A Confession: Some Helpful Steps
Posted on Author padreadminPosted in Absolution, Act of Contrition, Confession, Musings, Reconciliation, Sacrament, Sin1 Reply
Many a times, I find some people coming for confession without having a clue about how to make a confession with a priest. I am not speaking about examination of conscience here, but about the procedure during the confession itself. Perhaps it would be helpful if we refresh our memory on how it is done,…