hahah! Father Dan who leads my RICA class was talking about this! He said it is really good..but he used someone else's app so now it looks like they sinned loads.

You do not receive forgiveness through this app; it is designed in particular to assist those who have been away from confession for a long time and have forgotten the graces of the sacrament. 

@NightCometh@xanga - by the "real 10 Commandments" I think s/he might mean about the Catholic Church omitting the one about graven images.

@NightCometh@xanga - with all due respect, http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/tencomma.htm

@Stacey@xanga - Since we are posting links, here is a link to Exodus 20 in the NAB:

http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/exodus/exodus20.htm

@Stacey@xanga - dear sister... you have been lied to. i apologize on behalf of any of those within the Catholic Church who may have hurt you in the past. i apologize on behalf of any of those outside of the Catholic Church who, by no fault of your own or perhaps even theirs, if they were simply going with what they know, have taken advantage of your ignorance or have spun and miscontrued Catholic teachings.

the pure and simple Truth (which i recently posted on), is that EVERYTHING the Catholic Church does, teaches, says, holds true, loves, promotes, and honors is all because GOD LOVES YOU and wants to share His Divine Life with you in its fullness!!

i know this first hand. i've been outside the Church and now I'm happy to tell you that I've been continually drawn ever more gently into Our Lord's loving arms by way of His Bride, Our Mother Church. YES! Our Lord is Risen, but that's only part of the Story. Yes, the Resurrection gives us hope that we can be united in overcoming death, but it through the grace of the Cross, the very same grace that comes to us through the Sacraments, especially the Eucharist (which actually gives the Crucifixion meaning, as you wouldn't know that Jesus' execution was actually sacrifice and atonement for sin unless you were with Him the night before at the Last Supper celebrating the first Mass)!!

thank you so much for praying for your family that they continue to seek, find, and live Truth. i pray the same for you, as well as myself. however, please do not maintain a posture of false humility and hidden arrogance. sure, saying that you'll pray for someone sounds charitable, but it can also come off as incredibly holier-than-thou. the only aspect Jesus told us to imitate of Himself was his humility. that means that we should be daily recognizing that we don't have it all figured out and asking the Father to teach us His way. Again, because HE LOVES YOU, He gives you and all of us a Church that is guided and guarded by the Holy Spirit to teach truth and get souls to Heaven.

AMEN!

if you have any other questions feel free to ask. while i personally don't have all the answers, i certainly have access to a Source that has a much better understanding of God and His creation than i do.

now, in regards to the post itself. the app, as i explained to a good friend of mine and as i understand it, was supposed to be an electronic version of the paper examinations of conscience that every Catholic parish should have at their confessionals. just as@NightCometh@xanga said, it's a tool. nothing more, nothing less.

@Azn_Shenobi - Thank you. [Even with your addition, I concur. But yano, I don't wanna talk about it.]

 It's all taken too seriously for my liking. Ugh. I personally thought this was hilarious, whether I agree with it or not, it's still hilarious. 

@NightCometh@xanga - @Ancient_Scribe@xanga - I've carefully read the post a couple times.  I think I detect a slight whimsical tone.  But what strikes me is how useful a (for lack of a better word) tool this would be in one's own spiritual meditations or devotions.

@wrybreadspread@xanga - Exactly! A useful tool; I kept my comment brief and concise because while I suspected the post was more satirical than anything, it was so subtle that I didn't want anyone who didn't catch the tone to be confused. No app can substitute a personal encounter with Christ's saving grace!

That being said, I also love my sister @NightCometh@xanga's impassioned defense of the Church; she's a woman who loves the truth.

@Ancient_Scribe@xanga - First, thank you for your kind and thoughtful response to the comment I posted on another blog (the one about defecting from the catholic church). I've been on xanga awhile and have never seen you post anything other than caring responses, a rarity around here (and something admittedly I need to work on myself).

My initial impression of this was that it was only supposed to help with confession. Glad to see that this is the case. It makes me wonder how many people think it's a substitute for actual confession?

Of course, I feel very sorry for the poor soul who would have to hear my confession:

"Um, hi Father...bless me for I have sinned. It has been 31 years since my last confession. Wait, I never actually gave a confession. See, I had just had my first communion when my parents left the church so I never actually did all the stuff I was supposed to do. I think I may still be catholic because there's a record of my baptism in some church somewhere. What? Oh yeah, my sins. I think I'm guilty of everything but coveting my neighbor's wife. I don't have an exact count of my sins or anything. Oh, totally - it's been awhile. I have this phone app thingy but it cut me off in the middle of tallying up everything. It started to smoke then the screen went blank. If you have a Sandisk card you might be able to download my sins then upload them to your own computer for further examination. I hope you have a lunch or something, though. It may take awhile to sort through it all. Just sayin'."

He would have to be a patient, patient man. 

@Ancient_Scribe@xanga - Sometimes I think about it and I'd love to go back, but that's going to require a lot more time, work and money than I have at the moment. I tried  a few years ago and was told I'd have to get an annulment before I could receive the sacraments (if a catholic is cut off from them, what's the point?) and it's just too expensive because my current husband would have to have one too.

I also have two autistic children (and a lot of questions about how god views those who can't understand religion) who are not able to sit quietly still for a church service and my daughter has such serious  issues she's on a waiting list for intensive behaior therapy. My life is a whirlwind of meetings, KKI visits for my children and trips to the doctor (children with autism have compromised immune systems and seem to catch every little thing they're exposed to).

There are times that I think it would be very comforting, but with the turn my life has taken, it just isn't possible. It would be unfair for me to be dishonest and accept communion knowing I have no right to be there, and if I started RCIA the chances of me finishing are minimal.

I'll just have to wait and see if things ever become less chaotic. It's complicated.

@ZombieMom_Speaks@xanga - It will take time, of course, and God will be very patient; you are worth the wait.