Sam Plusnet said:
> On 13-Feb-24 12:00, Julian Macassey wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:00:59 -0000, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> What is a Shrove and where can I get one?
>>
>> It is a shrive or confession. Confess your sins.
>>
>> "Forgive me father for I have sinned and had a wonderful
>> time."
>>
> Why do the CofE 'celebrate' Shrove Tuesday, when they don't do (in the
> obvious sense) confession?

Because pancakes ?

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In article <5uPyN.323527$7sbb.239810@fx16.iad>, Sam Plusnet
<not@home.com> on Tue, 13 Feb 2024 at 19:33:19 awoke Nicholas from his
slumbers and wrote
>On 13-Feb-24 12:00, Julian Macassey wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:00:59 -0000, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> What is a Shrove and where can I get one?
>>
>> It is a shrive or confession. Confess your sins.
>>
>> "Forgive me father for I have sinned and had a wonderful
>> time."
>>
>Why do the CofE 'celebrate' Shrove Tuesday, when they don't do (in the
>obvious sense) confession?
>

Said at Matins and Evensong:

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father;
We have erred, and strayed from Thy ways like lost sheep.
We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts.
We have offended against Thy holy laws.
We have left undone those things which we ought to have done;
And we have done those things which we ought not to have done;
And there is no health in us.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders.
Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults.
Restore thou them that are penitent; According to Thy promises
declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord.
And grant, O most merciful Father, for His sake; That we may
hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of Thy
Holy Name. Amen

and at Holy Communion:

ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Maker of all things, judge of all men;
We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness,
Which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed,
By thought, word, and deed,
Against thy Divine Majesty,
Provoking most justly Thy wrath and indignation against us.
We do earnestly repent,
And are heartily sorry for these our misdoings;
The remembrance of them is grievous unto us;
The burden of them is intolerable.
Have mercy upon us,
Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father;
For Thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake,
Forgive us all that is past;
And grant that we may ever hereafter
Serve and please Thee in newness of life,
To the honour and glory of Thy Name;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

These are followed by an absolution, pronounced by the priest.

I do not believe in any of this, but it was drummed into me when I was
an anklebiter.
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