tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987105.post2768893927751660581..comments2024-02-25T19:18:38.891+00:00Comments on Rectory Musings: If you could do it all over again...Fr. Simon Cutmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08371546028177475152noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987105.post-77991542084008402132010-07-15T17:04:37.957+01:002010-07-15T17:04:37.957+01:00Thank God for the privilege of Confession - in thi...Thank God for the privilege of Confession - in this diocese it is always on offer at our pre Lent Cathedral Quiet day - and hearing the words that we speak for others applied to ourselves always sends me home praising God.<br />If I feel I can't hold on til the next opportunity then I use the absolution that we speak at our All Age Eucharist asap<br />"God forgives you. Forgive others. Forgive yourself. In the name of <br />+ the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987105.post-74091190079806277672010-07-15T15:37:38.146+01:002010-07-15T15:37:38.146+01:00Sometimes I say that our congregations need the pr...Sometimes I say that our congregations need the priest, so they can hear the words of absolution from someone else. For us, that may best be described as the role of the Bishop. However, in his absence, hear the words of God: Your sins are forgiven. Go in peace and dwell on them no longer, nor let the devil bring them to mind in times of weakness.<br />And pray for me too, sinful man and minister that I am.Rev Dr Andreas Alcine, Emeritus Professor of Imagineering, Poppleton New Universityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372888900240663042noreply@blogger.com