"Why, then - being better, I have no longer the same need of a confessor, I think."
"Well," said Aramis, "that musketeer and abbe, afterwards bishop of Vannes, is your confessor now."
"Then, monseigneur, if you know that, I must further add a fact of which you are ignorant - that if the king were to know this evening of the presence of this musketeer, this abbe, this bishop, this confessor,
"What a confessor!" said the governor, forcing a laugh; "who would believe that a compulsory recluse, a man as though in the very jaws of death, could have committed crimes so numerous, and so long to tell of?"
And he departed, leaving Baisemeaux almost more than stifled with joy and surprise at this regal present so liberally bestowed by the confessor extraordinary to the Bastile.
However, for my part, I would rather die unshriven than have anything to say to such a
confessor. You are of my opinion, are you not, viscount?
If you should need a father
confessor, madame" --she started ever so slightly--"remember, Papa Poirot is always at your service."
Should your
confessor be less indulgent to you in your dying moments than you found the Abbe Busoni, send for me, if I am still on earth, and I will soothe your ears with words that shall effectually calm and soothe your parting soul ere it goes forth to traverse the ocean called eternity."
The first of the traditional wooden confessional boxes was created by the Archbishop of Milan in the 16th century; prior to which priest and
confessor would be visible to all, but separated by a grill.
On 15 December, Nicole Spaens, abbot of Nizelle, together with Guillaume de Bruxelles,
confessor of Flines, promulgated the reform decree.
For the religious minded, there's Saint Peter, Father
Confessor or Holy Sacrament.
Edward the
Confessor Church in Westminster; three children, Barbara Ellen (Cashes) Elliot and her husband Roger of Clearlake, CA, Brian Charles Cashes and his wife Carol Ann of Biloxi, Mississippi, and David Joseph Cashes of Clinton; her grandchildren, Jason Krueger and his wife Jennifer of Philadelphia, PA, Derek Sean Cashes of Biloxi, Mississippi, Christopher Kyle Cashes of White Springs, Fl, Sean Michael Casey of Portland, OR; two great-granddaughters, one great-grandson; one brother, Joseph Pfister III and his wife Maureen of Holden; one sister, Catherine Connolly and her husband Joseph of Harwich; one aunt, Ann Pfister of Middle Village, NY; a sister-in-law, Joan LeDuc of Maynard; and several nieces and nephews.
At the Byzantine rite Liturgy on June 27, which according to several sources was attended by 1.5 million pilgrims, Pope John Paul beatified 27 martyrs and one
confessor of the faith.
Finally, a concession was made to have a Polish-speaking
confessor available once a month, and the blessing of Easter food baskets, a cherished Polish Catholic ritual, was begun.