confession

[Duc_In_Altum]

Let's face it. Confession is spin. I find a really helpful tool for spiritual accountability is to confess not only to a priest , but to the same priest over and over and over and over and..... Many people avoid priests they have confessed to for a second confession because they think they will "remember" and be judgemental of them. In a way, they're kinda right. That's great to tell the same priest. It really gets a solid and faithful relationship goin there where the priest can confidently say, "hey, how're things goin with the ...?" I absolutely love it when the priest remembers to keep me in check. But he will never judge. It just allows for a deeper and more personal kind of spiritual direction where the priest becomes more than a confessor, but a loving friend wearing God's own hands. That's really a physical sign of God's holy prescence in the world when you can get a routine of confession and spiritual direction going.


In faith, hope, and Jesus Christ,

-Joe

ps- Yo, not going to confession is loading the gun to sin again. El paz.

[Balthazor]

Brigetta,
I am sorry,.....I did not mean to put a "no" in front of my first statement, it made it sound like I was correcting you when I just wanted to share a thought.
I wish I was better at expressing myself in text...I find it so hard to communicate without tones of voice and facial expressions.

I understand about the regular confessor part.....
In fact up until about a year ago I did not have a regular confessor....I would just drag my sorry self into one of the churches in town, and confess anonymously. In fact my priest was mildly amused when I told him upon my second confession to him that maybe only one other priest has heard my confessions more than once. It is really easy in this town, heck there is a Norbertine Abbey twenty minutes from where I live.

I find a regular confessor who knows who I am and who knows my weakness and what sins I am prone to is better able to give me advice about how to avoid these sins and correct my faults....

I know this may not be best for everyone, but it has really helped me in the past year to avoid the sins I kept falling into.

I really appreciate you thoughts Duc_In_Altum......I feel exactly the same way. My confessor has "become a loving friend wearing Gods own hands". I wish I was as articulate as you are. For me knowing the priest and seeing the priest does not diminish the sanctity or specialness of confession, it only adds to the reality of the sacrament for me.


God Bless,
Balthazor

[Birgitta Noel]

No Worries Balthazor It is hard to type what we mean!

I've had a wonderful confessor who is also my spiritual director for the past 3+ years. He remains so, but being three hours away means that I can't see him as regularly as my soul might require a scrubbing.

I also agree that going face to face doesn't diminsh the experience, but because I am so close to my spiritual director I often confess on my knees. It helps me to remember that this is something different from our normal conversation, something sacred. -_-

[KnightoftheRosary]

Birgitta Noel the law school you are talking about wouldn't happen to be Ave Maria law school would it. If so I live right next to you, I am actually going to Ave Maria college in michigan, not the one in florida :irate: :argue: sorry I have issues with the florida campus, but thankyou everyone for the comments
pax and blessings
-KOTR-

[Birgitta Noel]

Hi KOTR, Nope, I'm at St. Louis University, not in the law school though, but it is right next to my building. I'm at the Center for Health Care Ethics.

My Aunt lives in Ann Arbor, if I'm ever up I'll PM you

[TrinityAddiction]

Oh, how I love confession.
I love behind the screen as well. Don't know why, I just do.

I actually, when thinking to myself, made an analogy much like azaelia's. :rotfl:

Edited November 5, 2004 by TrinityAddiction