"I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."– Matt. 13:35
Ready for some real old-fashioned deviltry? ‘Tis Hallowe’en, as it used to be written. The Eve of the Feast of All Hallows. This is the beginning of the dark time, where shorter days and colder nights after the harvest have traditionally meant the onset of the hard season of winter. As such, many ancient peoples…
The ritual forgiveness of sins — the Sacrament of Penance, or Reconciliation, Absolution, Confession or whatever, has been called by the Pope himself to be an “odious sacrament“, one that nobody wants to subject themselves to unless really necessary. For unlike other means of grace, this sacramental encounter between penitent and confessor is actually a…