Tonight, I went to Catholics on Campus at SVSU. One of the topics briefly touched on was the Catholic Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession). The thought occurred to me, "Hmmmm. What a great idea for my blog!!"
So tonight, I want to tell you about an amazing Alfred Hitchcock movie called "I confess." Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter are two of the stars in the movie. Clift plays a Roman Catholic priest in Quebec City. Baxter plays a friend of his.
The story centers around a murder. The murder was committed by the handyman at the parish church. The handyman asks the priest to hear his confession. In the confessional, the murderer confesses his sin of murder.
When the police start investigating the murder, they suspect the handyman, and they ask the priest if he knows anything. This puts the priest in a pickle. He is bound by the seal of confession, to keep secret the sins of the people who confess to him. So even though he knows the handyman committed the murder, he can not tell the police anything. How hard would that be!? Eventually, the handyman accidentally turn himself in. And the rest of the events of the film center around the handyman's accidental confession to the police that he is the murderer.
It is an excellent movie!!! It shows pretty accurately, too, the whole Sacrament of Confession. I think it is a must see, but then again, all of the stuff I write about on here are must sees!!!! haha
God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!
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| From the scene where Clift hears the man's confession |
