The Sacrament of Confession: 1,150 Penitents in a Week!

Aleteia, ChurchPop and the Italian newspaper Avvenire features Fr. David Michael Moses, a priest from Texas, spent 73 hours, spending the entire Holy Week in the confessional. Fr. David received 1,150 penitents, with the average of 4 minutes each penitent. This act received much praise where the dedication to the Sacrament of Reconciliation is strongly emphasize. Intercessions of saints such as John Mary Vianney and Pius of Pietrelcina were evoke as dedication to the Sacrament of Reconciliation is strongly emphasized. If we ask the network about this priest, we find a dedicated site), a YouTube channel (almost 21 thousand subscribers and 800 thousand views-go here, an Instagram profile (33 thousand followers), the Facebook page (19 thousand subscribers). Fr. David e is 28 years old and ordained in 2019. He composes pop music and has performed successfully in the last editions of the “Concert for Life” held annually in Houston in support of the Centers of aid to the life of the diocese. His videos present simple catechesis, but those in which he enthusiastically recounts his identity and his life as a priest stand out. A model of service to the Gospel suited to the times? Certainly a stimulus that makes us reflect… but beware: when at the center of witness and catechesis there is always and only one person, some doubt emerges. Service to the Gospel is always a synodal experience, of the Church, of God’s people, of attention to the other to ensure the necessary time, not the adventure of solitary heroes or “Guinness Book of Records” challenges.