This window of the Baptism of Our Lord is at our parish. I think the clerestory windows (which are more traditional looking) are much prettier but the sun wouldn't let me get any pictures of those.
This is a much older window from a nearby parish that has a good confessor and ZERO wait times. Mass was going to start soon, so I couldn't get out in the open for a clear shot.
I like to go to confession as a family.
It's terribly important to me that my children see their parents, BOTH of their parents, receiving this sacrament.
There's more than enough moms and old ladies in the confession lines and at daily mass. My kids need to see that Manly Men receive absolution and penance too.
Now that three of my current five have a daily confession option in their schools, it's just Patrick, Edmund, and me in the line.
Hmm. Maybe that's why the line is so much shorter!
In the vestibule/gathering space of that same nearby church, they had some pieces of windows framed and backlit. Lovely.
Linking up with the Clan for Theme Thursday.
You have hit on my secret: short lines/no lines. I sometimes work myself up over confessing and if I have to wait too long I can talk myself out of it, and how is that good for the soul? It isn't.
ReplyDeleteLovely windows/pictures!
ReplyDeleteAgree about how good it is for children to see both parents receiving the sacraments.
Me too. Studies suggest that it's the faith of the father that kids are more likely to imitate as adults, so it makes it extra important for the manly men to get their butts to confession, too. With the kids watching!
DeleteI have to admit short confession lines are one of my favorite things! I am horrible about waiting in long confession lines and my sin list just gets longer- no good.
ReplyDeleteI love the pretty details in those windows!
Back in Korea, our only option for confession was face to face with our one and only priest before or after Mass. To a confession-o-phobe like me, this was pure, unadulterated torture. We started going all the time because it made it easier. Less sin meant less shame/guilt, which made it easier for me to go. More and more people started to go, I think because they saw the few of us who went regularly. By the time we left, it wasn't uncommon to see 10 people (in our parish of maybe 100 people) waiting to say confession. This was up from having it once/year *if* we were lucky when we first arrived. I'm not at all trying to take credit, because that was the Holy Spirit, not me. But I do wish more parishes had this option so more people *saw* how many of us go to confession.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I love your pictures, too! I just get really passionate about confession because going regularly has completely transformed my life.
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures, and the idea of family confession time.
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