On Saturdays after morning Mass, the sacrament of reconciliation is offered at my church. Right after receiving Communion, many who want to confess their sins rush to line up to be as close to the confession room entrance as possible. Is this proper? It becomes clear when you look at the extreme case. Suppose that everyone at Mass that day wants to make a confession and does that. You'd see all the Mass attendees lined up against the walls around the whole church. When the priest continues saying Mass, he'd be facing a bunch of empty pews! This shows that you should not go lining up for confession before Mass ends. Let's look at a second case. Say you see someone you know and start saying something unfavorably about another person. Doing it once seems to be alright. But what if you do that to everyone you talk to and everyone else in the world does the same thing? I wouldn't be surprised if a world war breaks out! It shows clearly that speaking ill of anyones is wrong. What I want to get to is the following. If everyone of us in the world would follow Christ and learn to be as loving, as humble, and as forgiving as he, we'd have peace throughout the world. This proves that following Christ is the right and proper thing for us to do!
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