tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post821112289114000873..comments2024-03-23T09:59:53.293+00:00Comments on LINEN ON THE HEDGEROW: Confession can be an occasion of sinRichard Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-19788378853310839852012-08-10T12:30:42.824+01:002012-08-10T12:30:42.824+01:00Wonderful days when altar serving was a skill and ...Wonderful days when altar serving was a skill and getting it right a source of pride and joy. In the N.O. there are often many servers but do they actually DO anything?vetusta ecclesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454059029260192711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-86340250464948052342012-08-09T21:48:44.052+01:002012-08-09T21:48:44.052+01:00Dylan, many thanks, he was a kind and gentle soul....Dylan, many thanks, he was a kind and gentle soul. Remind me never to visit Holyhead. <br /><br />Fr EW, thank you, may we remember all departed priests in our prayers.Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-36940758252802473272012-08-09T05:42:39.746+01:002012-08-09T05:42:39.746+01:00May Father Bushey rest in peace. May his soul and ...May Father Bushey rest in peace. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the Mercy of God, rest in peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-83057206363192287902012-08-08T21:55:38.377+01:002012-08-08T21:55:38.377+01:00Thanks for an interesting post, Richard.
I am sur...Thanks for an interesting post, Richard.<br /><br />I am sure I have come across Fr Bushey's name whilst going through old Westminster Cathedral periodicals. It's nice to put a character to the name.<br /><br />Over the years, I have met a few priests who have been physically assaulted by people, usually ones with some kind of mental health problem or hatred towards the Church.<br /><br />The man who baptised me as a 16 year-old was punched in the face after Mass one evening, but that was in Holyhead -- a normal occurrence in that town! <br /><br />Another priest I knew, now dead (RIP), was attacked in the Confessional by a parishioner, who suffered from schizophrenia. The event really affected that priest, and I don't think he was ever the same afterwards.<br /><br />God bless<br /><br />DA Reluctant Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133283710220978097noreply@blogger.com