Always remember: “And I am sorry for any sins that I am unable to recall.”
Time and Eternity
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Also remember to pray to your Guardian Angel to help you confess everything you need to confess.. that helps fulfill “I am sorry for any sins that I am unable to recall”, gives clarity and peace of mind.
An old saying I’ve heard from soldiers is “Never pass up a chance to eat, sleep, or [relieve yourself].” To that, I add “or go to Confession.” I might further add in this case, “Especially if the guy who’s going to hear it is the Pope!” I jest a little, but as we all know it’s no laughing matter. As a late-in-life convert (I was 51 when received into the one true Church), it amazes me how few people take advantage of that marvelous gift from Christ even once a year, much less regularly. Eternity is incomprehensible to us now. It won’t be so after we die, I wager.
An old saying I’ve heard from soldiers is “Never pass up a chance to eat, sleep, or [relieve yourself].” To that, I add “or go to Confession.”
Confession is pretty popular in the military, even among Protestant troops, when fighting is in the wind.
I think Arnold will come to regret that line even more than “I’ll be back.”
I pray I will be wrong.