For Your Penance; Drink 4 Patrons,5 Bloody Marys And 5 Shots Of Spiritus Poem by Joe Rosochacki

Being brought up Roman Catholic I was introduced to the sacrament of Confession,
We were all taught that the priest would be the Divine's conduit to absolve our sins.
No matter if your a student, teacher, nun, priest, no matter what profession,
In order for your soul to be properly cleansed and for you to part take part in communion.
The confessional stall had a curtain between you and the priest and you knelt down,
Your sins were spoken by you and to the priest, with his purple stole,
- and he, by the power of God, would absolve your transgression.
After you said a litany of Our Fathers, Hail Marys and Glory Bes and an act of contrition.
Soon after Vatican II we had communal confession;
-- the Confessionals were becoming obsolete.
What shall become of this Confessional hide away,
With all their artisan carpentry?
The answer came 45 years later when one was offered, at auction, on E-Bay.
In Vienna, the thought was apprehensible,
Archdiocese spokesman Erich Leitenberger told the daily Salzburger
Nachrichten that auctioning 'objects that were used for dispensing the
sacraments is not acceptable.'
The idea that this confessional would become a sauna, a bar or a child's playhouse,
By some rogue priest; that Vatican would considered as a louse,
The idea was unthinkable.
Confessionals 'should not be converted into saunas or bars, '
he was quoted Tuesday as saying. Leitenberger did not return calls to the AP.

The confessional was offered for auction by a Vienna church undergoing renovations.

So much for non-consecrations!

Curiously, the highest reported amount offered by one of the 40 bidders before the item was yanked from the internet Monday was 666.66 euros.

So much for the dark sides' revel.
The number 666 is commonly associated with the Antichrist — or the devil.

7-26-10






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