I found this story very interesting. When the author was talking about the Catholic religion I could completely relate to this. The sacrament of confession is very important in a Catholic's life as a way of penance before the Lord. According to Catholic tradition, the priest is the only person who can grant you redemption from your sins. When the author talked about going to confession, I remember all the times when I have to go to confession and think about all the things I've done. Afterwards I don't even know if I feel any different, but its nice to get things off your chest.
Sometimes it is very hard to tell your religious leader that you sinned, but he is supposed to forgive you and forget what you told him. That is probably why people don't like to go to confession because they believe the priest will review your secret or personal thoughts to someone else. The fact that the priest is also a human being makes people think that since he's human he will spread everything his parishoners' have told him. Wouldn't you think that having all those people go to your church, you would forget everyone's sin.
Last week in CCD, we talked about the eight commandment. "Thou shall not bear false witness". Many parts of this commandment included lying, calumny, and telling secrets. We spent most of our times talking about how we lie for good reasons and bad reasons. Gossip was also a popular subject considering we hear that everyday at school..Secrets was more emphasised because everyone has a secret and they must decide whether to tell someone their secret or leave it alone.
The problem is like I said in the last couple paragraphs is that you can't always trust somebody with your secrets because we are human and you never know when that secret will slip from your lips. When secrets become public, everything in your life starts to go downhill. Having everyone know what you go through everyday, would be a nightmare. You start to feel left out and believe that you are truly alone and nobody cares about you.
Thank Goodness for PostSecrets. Despite my belief that you should reveal your secrets to a priest, I believe this is a perfect way to get your secret out in the open without anybody knowing who you are. According to the Rev. Heather Janules' article, this has decreased the amount of suicides, depression, and young deaths in our country. This program helps people say what they want to say knowing that nothing will ever come back to hurt them. The transformation of these individuals is great, and I hope this program will still be around for years to come.
Sometimes it is very hard to tell your religious leader that you sinned, but he is supposed to forgive you and forget what you told him. That is probably why people don't like to go to confession because they believe the priest will review your secret or personal thoughts to someone else. The fact that the priest is also a human being makes people think that since he's human he will spread everything his parishoners' have told him. Wouldn't you think that having all those people go to your church, you would forget everyone's sin.
Last week in CCD, we talked about the eight commandment. "Thou shall not bear false witness". Many parts of this commandment included lying, calumny, and telling secrets. We spent most of our times talking about how we lie for good reasons and bad reasons. Gossip was also a popular subject considering we hear that everyday at school..Secrets was more emphasised because everyone has a secret and they must decide whether to tell someone their secret or leave it alone.
The problem is like I said in the last couple paragraphs is that you can't always trust somebody with your secrets because we are human and you never know when that secret will slip from your lips. When secrets become public, everything in your life starts to go downhill. Having everyone know what you go through everyday, would be a nightmare. You start to feel left out and believe that you are truly alone and nobody cares about you.
Thank Goodness for PostSecrets. Despite my belief that you should reveal your secrets to a priest, I believe this is a perfect way to get your secret out in the open without anybody knowing who you are. According to the Rev. Heather Janules' article, this has decreased the amount of suicides, depression, and young deaths in our country. This program helps people say what they want to say knowing that nothing will ever come back to hurt them. The transformation of these individuals is great, and I hope this program will still be around for years to come.
When you said that confession is a place where you get things off of your chest, that reminds me of what I tihnk of PostSecret. Maybe PostSecret can be your own internet confession. I also agree that I tihnk itd probably be really hard and uncomfortable talking about everything with your priest, even if they are supposed to never tell. After all, they are only human.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your view as being catholic and seeing you opionion on the subjects. I think this Post Secret has turned into a world-wide and religion wide confession. I think I see the confessions in a slightly better light now.
ReplyDeleteI'm not regilous or anything, but i respect it. If people confess their secrets (which aren't secrets anymore) then like, Katlyn and Micheal said, It's like confession but you're telling a priest who speaks to you through God...
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