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"the light is on for you" = Confess.

category international | crime and justice | other press author Thursday February 22, 2007 14:30author by love croker Report this post to the editors

Washington DC promotes penance.

the Catholic diocese of Washington D.C. has started an advertising campaign to promote the sacrament of "confession" and "penance". With billboard and other notices using the slogan "the light is on for you" the Church hopes to bring back many of the 580,000 catholics in DC to the little box.

Senior church members trying to explain the lack of popularity of the little box point to a general confessional culture - people may go online these days and spill their secrets, transgressions and thus feel better. But that's not enough in their eyes. The Holy Spirit isn't on the net.
I lied, I cheated, I stole, I killed, I coveted, I envied, I ignored, I pretended it was only brits & yanks who could be bad.
I lied, I cheated, I stole, I killed, I coveted, I envied, I ignored, I pretended it was only brits & yanks who could be bad.

Other catholics theorise that rather than a gossip / confessional culture it is rather the lack of awareness of sinning and wrongdoing which has caused the dramatic drop in attendance at confessions not only in Washington but worldwide.

Some non-catholics believe it might have something to do with hypocrisy or not really encouraging people to go into little darkened spaces with priests anymore...

Catholics are of course supposed to go to confession during this season of Lent which began yesterday with the ritual smearing of ash on the foreheads of the faithful.
Putting a few coins in the Trocaire box is not really enough for your eternal and immortal soul.

original report in english from the Washington press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20....html

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   as a non-christian I've to be careful of showing disrespect to the rituals of penance.:.     love croker - it is just a stadium for sport.    Fri Feb 23, 2007 02:48 
   Response to "The light is on for you"     paul lanthier    Sun Feb 25, 2007 15:18 
   Vatican experts reveal gender bias of Sin in bid to revive flagging popularity     gold member    Fri Feb 20, 2009 23:01 


 
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