Some great comments already and I can’t add much to them, but I commend you for going to confession every week. I don’t believe you can go too often… we are talking about your soul and your place in heaven after all.
When I go to confession, I see my pastor and he knows me very well. I like that in a way because he knows about me and knows my struggles. I will admit though, there have been sometimes that I have had a sin that I really was embarrassed about and I have gone to a different parish and confessed there. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. Yes, I could go to my pastor and go behind the screen and confess, but I know my pastor would recognize my voice, so I don’t do that.
On a funny note, I do recall back in the 1970’s when I was in Catholic grade school we had a new pastor come to the parish. We were all set for our monthly visit to the confessionals and all lined up between the four priests that we had back than (we only have one priest now… oh how times have changed). Anyhow, I recall all of a sudden hearing in a very loud and upset voice “YOU DID WHAT!!??” come from the pastors confessional… and then everybody in that line did a “student body shift” move and went into the next priests line.
I forget who the person was that came out of the confessional, but how embarrassing that must have been.
YBIC - John
