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| Valid Confession | ED | Saturday, March 19, 2005 |
Question: Prior to individual confession, we recited the Confetior. We were then instructed that since we said an act of contrition(?) we need not repeat it in the confessional. I don't see the confetior as an act of contrition, without which there can be no absolution. |
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| Question Answered by Mr. Jacob Slavek
Dear Ed, Actually in the Rite of Penance the Confiteor is said at that point (or another similar prayer) and the "Prayer of the Penitent" (the Act of Contrition) is omitted during the individual confession. When the individual confessions are finished, the celebration ends with a prayer of thanksgiving and a blessing. The recitation of the Act of Contrition is not absolutely necessary for sacramental absolution, rather what is required is a contrite penitent. Normally though this contrition is expressed with the Act of Contrition in individual confession. Mr. Slavek Footer Notes: (a) A Eucharistic Minister is clergy (Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion). Laity are Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and should never be called Eucharistic Ministers. (b) There is no such Mass called the Novus Ordo. The Current Mass is the Roman Missal of 2000, or the Oridinary Form of the Mass. The Tridentine Mass is the Roman Missal of 1962, or the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. Please refrain from using the term, Novus Ordo. Thanks. (c) The titles of Acolyte and Lector belong exclusively to the Installed Offices of Acolyte and Lector, who are men (only) appointed by the Bishop. These roles performed by others are Altar Servers and Readers, respectively. |
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