The
large purple banners, in the symbolic color of penitence, and the
subdued music fit the tone of the service Wednesday night at Altoona’s
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
Before scores of worshipers got up to make confessions to one of numerous priests who fanned out across the cavernous cathedral, Bishop Mark Bartchak offered a short homily, reflecting on how often people compound their sins by trying to hide them rather than confess them. “Playing hide and seek with God really doesn’t work,” he said, urging penitents to “seek The Lord while he may be found.”
http://www.readingeagle.com/ap/article/charges-against-priests-in-sex-abuse-case-not-far-from-the-minds-of-parishioners-at-service
Before scores of worshipers got up to make confessions to one of numerous priests who fanned out across the cavernous cathedral, Bishop Mark Bartchak offered a short homily, reflecting on how often people compound their sins by trying to hide them rather than confess them. “Playing hide and seek with God really doesn’t work,” he said, urging penitents to “seek The Lord while he may be found.”
http://www.readingeagle.com/ap/article/charges-against-priests-in-sex-abuse-case-not-far-from-the-minds-of-parishioners-at-service