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Does Confession Have a Place in the Paschal Triduum? by John M. Grondelski – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Artist Ludwig Passini (1832–1903). Title: A church interior with women at the confessional. 1863. The author died in 1903, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. ...

By John M. Grondelski, Crisis Magazine, March 26, 2024

John M. Grondelski (Ph.D., Fordham) is a former associate dean of the School of Theology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. All views expressed herein are his own.

The logic behind not scheduling confessions in the Paschal Triduum is based on an anachronistic reading of liturgical history irrelevant to contemporary pastoral practice and needs.

Should confessions be scheduled during the Paschal Triduum? Once upon a time, that question would have been a non-question. Youthful memories remind me of confession lines on Holy Saturday. More recent ones, too. I’m proud to have a pastor who demonstrates priestly charity and hears confessions on Holy Saturday morning.

But the question remains pertinent because there are some lingering views, which were much more common in the 1980s, against scheduling confessions in that period. I wrote against that position in Homiletic and Pastoral Review back in 1984; but I see that, in some quarters, bad ideas die hard. …

Does Confession Have a Place in the Paschal Triduum? by John M. Grondelski

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By John M. Grondelski, Crisis Magazine, March 26, 2024

The logic behind not scheduling confessions in the Paschal Triduum is based on an anachronistic reading of liturgical history irrelevant to contemporary pastoral practice and needs.

But the question remains pertinent because there are some lingering views, which were much more common in the 1980s, against scheduling confessions in that period. I wrote against that position in Homiletic and Pastoral Review back in 1984; but I see that, in some quarters, bad ideas die hard. …

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