Only in Ireland…

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  1. Only in the Catholic church, tbf.
    “It doesn’t matter what’s causing you to do bad things. There’s no point trying to change. Just keep doing them like everyone else and it’s grand as long as you tell a man in a big black dress through a tiny wooden window”

  2. Maybe we could just write them down and drop them in a box, and priest can absolve you afterwards… Penance can be delivered by SMS

  3. It’s a long time since I was RC so a long time since I went to confession.

    But is it common to explain why to the priest? I never did. I used just rattle through the “usual list of sins”, probably made some stuff up too, just in case I did something and forgot it. But I never explained anything…

  4. Indulge me here, but if the priests are so busy couldn’t we just give them some sort of monetary donation to intercede on our behalf remotely

  5. When I used to come out of confessions my mam would be waiting outside in the car, the first thing she’d ask me..”what did ya tell him”
    – which she shouldn’t have been doing.. it’s private.
    I told her the truth “cursed, lied and fighted” I’d go.
    She’d be like .. “the same thing again!”

    I used that line for years… from 11yrs till 17yrs..I’m not telling some fuck my business! So essentially I’ve never really done a confession, I’m absolutely booked in and going to hell!

  6. The shortage of teachers of Catholic marriage prep courses is woefully. If you try to book one, non available until September.

  7. just imagine a priest stopping you mid confession to tell ya how you’ve committed to many sins this week and he doesn’t have that kind of time.

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