Feeling embarrassed after confession

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Hi Shy. Sharing what you did must not be easy. That took some courage. Also, going to the priest did too. It sounds to me that this is part of Catholic maturation you’re going through. You are young and there is shame and pride at work here. I could only echo what others have said. The evil one wants you to feel that shame but don’t ever stop going to confession. And trust your priest. Seriously, I doubt he’s holding it in reserve to reveal to the public at large.

Now, after years of confessing the same sin again and again, when I start to get paranoid I think to myself: if he knows who I am then that’s just part of the penance. Don’t commit the sin again! Ha!
 
Thanks for the help Miserere. I’m very grateful you took ur time to type out ur experience. God bless you!
 
Thank you so much! I’ll make sure to keep that at heart. So far I’ve been praying regularly to my guardian angel. And I’ll pray for you too Bluebright!
 
I almost cried too while confessing. I’ll pray hard to Mother Mary to intercede for me. Thanks for sharing ur own experience. And God bless you!
 
I used to feel like I had a label on me that the priest could see after I went to confession. Now I realize we all have those “labels”, that they’re mostly the same, and the only difference between someone who has confessed them recently and one who has not is how bright and bold the lettering of the “label” is. It helps me to reflect on the idea that confessing is not creating a new reality or revealing something that’s hidden from God, but rather it allows me to see reality more clearly. We’re not putting on glasses so much as we’re taking our blinders off.

I also notice after leaving confession a deep desire to share the mercy and kindness I’ve received with someone else. Thinking about it now, I’d like to try to recall and practice this more often, and not just after confession.
 
Would it help to think of yourself as a soldier for Christ who goes to a doctor and gets patched up to keep going. A doctor knows you are in a battle and he’s there to check your wounds, make sure your good to go. The enemy here is sin.

I don’t like going for a physical at the doc’s office but I know we’re a team and disease and cancer are the enemy. We’re taking care of business together.
 
Ha been there done that. I’ve been many times utterly humiliated and embarrassed as well. I once had a priest ask me basically what’s wrong with me. I’ve had priests say a lot to me that was hard to hear. You just have to humble yourself it’s part of the process. I understand the embarrassment but priests do have much bigger issues to worry about.
 
I am sure the priest has no idea who you are if you are below the curtain (not sure if that’s the right term).

He probably will not remember your voice- he sees thousands of parishioners every day and it may be impossible for him to remember your voice afterwards.
 
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