Sacrament of Reconciliation
The Catholic Church in Korea requires the laity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation at least twice per year, once during Advent and once during Lent. We give a slip of paper to the priest in the confessional and are recording in the parish logs as having fulfilled one of our duties as parishoners. I'm not sure if anything like this is done in the United States or anywhere else in the Catholic World. It might be seen in some quarters as an infringement on freedom or evenconscience, but as for me, I'm glad the Church exerts her authority in this way.
The Catholic Church in Korea requires the laity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation at least twice per year, once during Advent and once during Lent. We give a slip of paper to the priest in the confessional and are recording in the parish logs as having fulfilled one of our duties as parishoners. I'm not sure if anything like this is done in the United States or anywhere else in the Catholic World. It might be seen in some quarters as an infringement on freedom or evenconscience, but as for me, I'm glad the Church exerts her authority in this way.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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