Comments on: You know you’ve got issues when…

By: Kasia

Kasia — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:47:13 +0000

Well, the Cathedral does have an immersion font…

By: Jaibee

Jaibee — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:50:00 +0000

Yeah, worked out well enough that I waited as long as I did. But a funny thing about that is that God had me go back and confess things pre-Baptism, just to work through them anyway — so you’re never really “off the hook.” “Padre,” as he is called, did say that a day marinating in holy water wouldn’t be a bad idea. Of course, maybe he meant that *I* specifically needed that…. Didn’t speak to the idea of blessing the swimming pool. Maybe if it were a little kiddie pool, and not one where the water is chlorinated, and one that didn’t have a drain to the sewer, but where, when emptied, the water went directly to ground?? I’ll have to think on this one….

By: Kasia

Kasia — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:32:37 +0000

I dunno, but I’m starting to think that the folks who used to wait until their deathbeds to get baptized were on to something… :-/

By: Jaibee

Jaibee — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:42:31 +0000

Good point, Mac!

And, yes, Fr. Fluffy said something similar, but I think that statement predates Fr. Malleus’s confessional advice. Do you think there’d be any objections if I marinated in the baptismal font for a while?

OOH! OOH! A brilliant idea! “Father, while you are over blessing my house, could you BLESS MY SWIMMING POOL????” Because that would be *awesome*!!!!!

By: Mac McLernon

Mac McLernon — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:55:46 +0000

Ooops… sorry!

I guess I must have started something!

BTW, note that Archbishop Sheen said that nuns’ confessions are like being STONED TO DEATH with popcorn… still deadly, just very, very slow…

By: Kasia

Kasia — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:03:06 +0000

And hasn’t Fr. Fluffy very nearly said that to you already? (”Do you have anything REALLY bad to confess this time?”)

By: Kasia

Kasia — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:02:30 +0000

Yeah…the thing is, I think I get so bogged down in the minutiae (sp?) that I probably miss the forest for the trees. I’m pretty sure I’m closer to the millstone end of the spectrum myself…

My guess is that Abp. Sheen was mentally comparing the nuns’ confessions to some of the other confessions he’d heard. Don’t we all wish God graded on a curve?!??!

By: Jaibee

Jaibee — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:50:10 +0000

New Goal in Life: To go into the confessional and have the priest say to me, “Nice to see you, but would you mind leaving, so I can talk to people who actually *sin*?” I would love to be able to perpetually waste his time in that manner. Of course, were I actually wasting his time, then I would be sinning…. So, I’ll probably never get to hear that. Personally, as much as I would think that it would br great to have my sin compared to popcorn, I’m afraid my review will be more of the millstone variety. And, I just hope that I will not go home to God to hear, “You wicked servant….”

By: Kasia

Kasia — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:34:50 +0000

Hahaha! I never got into Sims - I used to play SimCity, but not the more recent Sims games. But really, can Sims receive grace? Since they are fictitious, can they really even GO to confession?! :-p

BTW, funny quote I heard recently, attributed to Fulton Sheen: “Hearing a nun’s confesson is like being stoned to death with popcorn.” I wonder if Fr. Ben or Fr. JJ ever feel like that with me?…probably not, mine are probably heavier than popcorn. :-p

By: Jaibee

Jaibee — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:06:27 +0000

Uh-oh! Empire-building Kasias? Now, I’ll *never* see her! (Unless I can figure out a way to give her cyber-grapes or some such….)

Sounds serious. I’ve stayed up fairly late trying to get my little Sims married (she kept wanting to smack him, or thought that he was annoying…so irritating when you are trying to re-create real life and she doesn’t have a choice of who she will marry). However, I don’t think I’ve actually gone so far as to set up an alarm clock.

Sadly, I don’t think I’ve played a computer game since I became Catholic. I just do not have the time. Now, if they can find for me one that as I play, I learn more of Church teachings or the catechism, I’ll be all over that! I’ve realized that my Sims are sinful, and I haven’t found a way for them to go to confession. Most of them co-habit prior to marriage. Some have divorced and taken up with other Sims — really quite scandalous. And quite a few have — gasp — cheated to get more money, so they can have the coolest, latest SimProducts.