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I have taken yet another few steps. This fall my 2 youngest entered the Christian Initiation of Children Program. This has been a complete joy to attend. We’re a very very busy family with sports and such, yet neither child has had a single conflict thus far. There is 2 potential ones, but in speaking with Sr. she said there is no worries with that. We’ve had perfect attendance.
Now the biggest thing is reconciliation. I had gone to the church before, and couldn’t find where the reconciliation took place, then it fell to the side.
Tonight I went. There was a penitential evening. I was late for the little service, I didn’t realize there was a service with it:blush:. But I did get to confession.
I was so nervous, it was incredibly hard to do. I had 13 priests to chose from. I chose one of our own pastors. I told him it had been an incredibly long time, and I really didn’t know how to go about it. He walked me through it, encouraging me to start with the hardest first. That took some deep breaths. But I did it.
He was so incredibly kind and patient, not at all judging or disapproving. I was pretty worked up, in fact I was wound so tight I did forget some things, I will just go back and finish. It wasn’t intentional. I’ll be seeking out the same priest again. I like him.
I’m so happy I did finally go. I feel like a sap as I cried in a pew later…lol.
But I highly recommend it!
I’ll be making a regular appointment with myself to go routinely.
Now the biggest thing is reconciliation. I had gone to the church before, and couldn’t find where the reconciliation took place, then it fell to the side.
Tonight I went. There was a penitential evening. I was late for the little service, I didn’t realize there was a service with it:blush:. But I did get to confession.
I was so nervous, it was incredibly hard to do. I had 13 priests to chose from. I chose one of our own pastors. I told him it had been an incredibly long time, and I really didn’t know how to go about it. He walked me through it, encouraging me to start with the hardest first. That took some deep breaths. But I did it.
He was so incredibly kind and patient, not at all judging or disapproving. I was pretty worked up, in fact I was wound so tight I did forget some things, I will just go back and finish. It wasn’t intentional. I’ll be seeking out the same priest again. I like him.
I’m so happy I did finally go. I feel like a sap as I cried in a pew later…lol.
But I highly recommend it!
I’ll be making a regular appointment with myself to go routinely.
Awesome! 