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The Sacramental Journey, Confession:
1. The fifth passage point of personal power resonates to the will, and the power of choice.
After the personal discovery of the true power of Love, one still at times wrestles with
one's divine nature, and commits one's personal energy into acts which do not serve the
interests of such divine compassion.
2. When the seeker realizes the offense they have committed against their personal integrity,
it becomes necessary to rectify whatever damage might have been done to self or others.
Confessing one's mistakes and seeking pardon for them is therefore an encouraged practice
for all the Church's clergy and members.
3. It is sometimes advisable for Church members and clergy to confess their actions in a more
formal forum, in an attempt to seek advice on how to rectify what has been done. Any ordained
minister of the Church is qualified and entitled to hear such confessions from anyone.
(a) In hearing confessions, the ordained clergymember is to remember that their role is one of
healer, not judge. They may ask questions to gain further understanding of the offenses
confessed, but may not use their status to pry unnecessarily, or to make moral judgements
about what has been confessed. They may offer advice on proper or just resolution of the
dilemma, but they may not administer punishment, penance, absolution, or judgement of any kind.
(b) Any confession made to an ordained clergymember of the Church is under sacramental seal,
and as such the privacy enjoined is held inviolable. It is absolutely forbidden for a confessor
in any way to betray the one who has confessed, for any reason whatsoever, whether by
word or in any other fashion.
(c) An interpreter, if there is one, is also obliged to observe this secret, as are all others who in
any way whatsoever have come to a knowledge of confessions given under sacramental seal.
(d) An ordained minister who hears a confession shall not use knowledge gained in confession to
the detriment of the confessed, even when all danger of disclosure is excluded.
(e) Only when one has recognized the futility of continuing to act against the truths they've
recognized in the sacrament of marriage will the truths of this rite become clear--in order to
remain aligned with one's highest vision of oneself, one must surrender one's will to that vision,
and act within it at all times. Surrender Thy Will To Divine Will. |
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