To the anon poster above and Joe, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa, but I can't help but chime in here that it is a misconception mostly among NON-CATHOLICS, not Catholics (you probably meant to type that, Joe) that the sacrament of confession was a blank check to sin. The "Act of Contrition", in which the latin words are found "mea culpa, through my fault", was said by the penitent while the priest said absolution. The penitent was taught that he must be truly sorry, and truly committed to not transgressing again. Confession (now called Reconciliation) acknowledges that we are all human and make mistakes, but it is NOT permission to deliberately break the commandments. Elsie isn't here to flame about nontraditional lyrics, so I will fill in to flame regarding misconceptions about Catholics. Alice in Montana ;-)