See, this fear of a priest being annoyed by your making a general confession, I'm starting to see more and more among Traditional priests. They consider it a burden to hear confessions. Listen up, priests, you were not ordained a priest because you're so awesome. No man is worthy of it. Your only reason for being a priest is to feed the sheep, to care for the faithful. Otherwise, there's no reason for you; many of you would otherwise have been bagging groceries for a living. I was in line with a number of faithful once for 30 minutes (there were quite a few in line the entire time) before this younger neo-SSPX priest bothered to begin hearing confessions, because he was (literally) socializing in the parking lot. Unfortunately, some priests are motivated to become priests because of their egos, because it makes them feel special and exalted. They relish the faithful bowing their heads when addressing them as "Father". They need to snap out of it before they lose their souls.
On another occasion, this was from a priest ordained in the 1970s, and a woman came into the sacristy before Mass urgently asking him to hear her confession. She obviously came in before Mass because she, oh, perhaps wanted to receive Holy Communion. So this priest responded, "I'll hear your Confession after breakfast." No, not even after Mass, but after BREAKFAST. If I were a priest, I would have ushered the altar boys out of the sacristy, closed the door, and heard her Confession. You don't necessarily want to go out to the chapel because then a line would form and that would delay Mass. That's one of the many things I love about Father Carley. EVERY SINGLE MASS, even weekday Masses, he goes into the Confessional before Mass at least for 15-20 minutes, depending on how many might be in the church, just in case. If he sees people getting into line before then, he'll hop right in, even if it's 45 minutes early before a weekday Mass.
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