A response to: Alone Time
I asked a 93-year-old priest in Spain why he spent so much time in the confessional (an hour before every Mass he celebrated) waiting for penitents when it would be easier on him if they just made an appointment for a time more convenient to him. His answer was that the time he spent waiting was his own self imposed penance for sins he committed. He celebrated Mass and heard confessions every day.
I never met a holier or happier priest.
Frank Enderle
