My first confession is tomorrow

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Our regular priest won’t be there (he’s recovering from neck surgery,) so a Benedictine monk is going to be hearing confessions and, I think, will be presiding over the Easter Vigil.

I’m actually finding myself looking forward to it. 🙂 That’s odd. :confused:
 
George_C said:
…I’m actually finding myself looking forward to it. 🙂 That’s odd. :confused:
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No it’s not 🙂 It’s a very cool thing that Jesus has given us. I used to go every 2 weeks. I need to get back in the habit.
 
God bless you, George! I have been and continue to pray for all those who have, are and will “Swim the Tiber!” I hope you have a holy Catholic life! 🙂
 
Ever been camping for a week or so with out the running water we are so used too? Think of how good that first hot shower felt! How cleansing! How soothing!
THAT is reconciliation!
Take a deep breath, and let it go!
 
I pray that all will go well with you for your first confession. It’s a wonderful experience.

Just try your best with the aid of the Holy Spirit and place your soul in our Lord’s hands Who will be most generous and merciful to you.

If you mess it up with forgeting something or stumbling over your words…don’t worry. we have all done that. your sins are still forgiven 🙂

God Bless
 
George_C said:
I’m actually finding myself looking forward to it. 🙂 That’s odd. :confused:
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Not really. An intimate, personal meeting with Jesus. You are right to look forward to it!

Let us know how it goes. Praying for you and all of those who are going for the first time or returning after an extended absence!
 
You have the right attitude. Sometimes receiving the Sacrament of Penance from a priest you don’t know allows for a more thorough confession. When it is someone you know, you can’t help but wonder if the priest recognizes your voice and will become award of your vices and weaknesses. Of course, the priest himself hears so many confessions that no one really stands out. My priest said that God has given him the gift of forgetfulness–he doesn’t remember the confessions once he steps out of the confessional box. May God bless you as you enter the Church. WELCOME! My own crossing of the Tiber was in 2004. I have been grateful to God ever day since. 😃
 
Thanks for the words of encouragement. 🙂

I’m actually not dreading it the way I thought I would. 🙂

I just hope I don’t break down in the confessional and make a darn fool out of myself.
 
It seems we all sense your excitement, George. I would add, however, that some of us are expressing the nervousness, fear, and other emotions felt going into this most peaceful of sacraments. This is where, and ONLY where, we receive the perfect peace that Jesus extends to us by freeing ourselves from the tyranny of sin.

Everyone has different experiences with this sacrament, obviously, by how we were prepared, what we are carrying, and how we were “met” in the confessional. Some people may have had some kind of negative encounter in the person of the priest, unfortunately. This saddens our Merciful Jesus. He IS Love and Mercy! That is ultimately all we have to keep in mind.

We don’t think about a phone when we hold it and speak though it, and neither should we think about the human instrument of the priest in confession. We are speaking to Jesus.

Don’t let the words and experiences of others cause you any hesitation for this most beautiful experience. Not that you are hesitating to meet Jesus in this sacrament, but facing your own uncertainties. It is actually quite normal to have a “melt down” in the confessional, as if shows the stony heart we carry around sometimes is cracking to let the water of grace flow in and nourish it.

Before I was a religious, I had a moment of about three years when I had not been to confession. I was a bit upset with God for taking my grandma, who was my rock in the faith. One Lent, I went to Mass every day as my “something to do for Lent” and at the end I knew I had to go back to confession. I believe my grandma prayed for that grace for me too. However, I wanted to go to someone I did not know, and NOT face to face. I called around to a number of neighboring parishes and found one that had the traditional confessional and an older priest and I went. I spent the first 5 minutes crying in the confessional, but the priest was as Jesus Himself, patient, kind and the words he spoke were not those of condemnation but true counsel and forgiveness. I have been regular ever since.

It will be a moment of immense grace for you! Be open to ALL god wants to give you!
 
Some of the most beautiful words you’ll hear in this life is: “I absolve you of your sins, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.” May Mary, Mother of God, be with you. I need to Confess more frequently
 
Wow. It was painless. He led me through it and I told him that I’ve done a lot of bad things and him and God and Jesus I was sorry and he had me read something and then granted me absolution.

I left feeling like a gigantic load had been taken off my shoulders.

I can’t wait to go again. Maybe in a month.
 
This probably after the fact but I wish you the most heartfelt congratulations!
Welcome to the Catholic life!:blessyou:
 
Congratulations, George! Every month is a great idea so to keep the graces flowing! 👍
 
Congratulations and welcome! I was received into the Church 14 years ago this Easter Eve, so it’s been 14 years since my first confession this Saturday,

I just want to share a story about one of my First Communion children who was so afraid of going to confession. She was so nervous she would say something wrong, or the priest would be angry at her for the things she had done, and what if God didn’t forgive her? We reassured her that the priest would help her, that he would be glad she went to confession, and that God would forgive her if she honestly repented her sins. So, we got her to go about middle of the class (we didn’t want her to sit and get more and more nervous) and when she came down to the pews and sat down beside me, she knelt, said her prayers that she got as penance, and then turned to me (I was sitting next to her) and asked me if she could go again!

I always think of her when I go to confession - it is such a relief to confess what you have done, isn’t it?
 
selah603 said:
This probably after the fact but I wish you the most heartfelt congratulations!
Welcome to the Catholic life!:blessyou:
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Thank you. 🙂 Easter Vigil is in six days. I can’t wait!
Sister_G said:
Congratulations, George! Every month is a great idea so to keep the graces flowing! 👍
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Thank you. 🙂
KitSileya said:
Congratulations and welcome! I was received into the Church 14 years ago this Easter Eve, so it’s been 14 years since my first confession this Saturday,

I just want to share a story about one of my First Communion children who was so afraid of going to confession. She was so nervous she would say something wrong, or the priest would be angry at her for the things she had done, and what if God didn’t forgive her? We reassured her that the priest would help her, that he would be glad she went to confession, and that God would forgive her if she honestly repented her sins. So, we got her to go about middle of the class (we didn’t want her to sit and get more and more nervous) and when she came down to the pews and sat down beside me, she knelt, said her prayers that she got as penance, and then turned to me (I was sitting next to her) and asked me if she could go again!

I always think of her when I go to confession - it is such a relief to confess what you have done, isn’t it?
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Nice story. It’s nice. I feel… blessed, cleansed, happy, anxious to receive the Lord this Saturday… I feel a lot of good things. :cool:
 
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