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Confession is still pretty new to me, having just returned to the Church about 2 years ago and was away since toddler years (i.e. before First confession/communion).

I went this weekend and obviously while I do not enjoy having sinned and endangering my soul – I have to say that when I go and have confessed and get absolution, there are not too many things in life that make me feel as good.

(Wife, kids, stuff like that, aside, of course, as there are many moments there, but you know what I mean.)

It just feels good 😃

If you go – you probably know what I mean. If you don’t go – you should, as it very likely will make you feel good.
 
Add me to that list. It is better than any feeling you can describe.
 
It’s great for working through imperfections and venial matters too, if you should find priests who encourage confession of these things.

Acknowledging the smaller things, helps with the bigger things.

I try to go at least every two weeks as it is so frequently available and the priests do a fine job encouraging us to use it for this purpose.
 
Love it!

I once had a wound on my leg that took nearly three years to heal. I went to a wound healing center, and the doctor who cared for me was the kindest man I’ve ever known. Every week he washed the wound, gently scraped away the dead stuff and dressed it with special medications. Even though he often caused me pain, I cherished those encounters because of the doctor’s kindness and the personal care I received.

Confession is the very same thing for the soul. Jesus Himself is the doctor, using the priest as His instrument. His kindness is unsurpassed, and there is no care more personal. And in the end, your sins are wiped away! Doesn’t get any better than that!

Betsy
 
There might be some who enjoy going to confession, and more power to them if they do. I do not enjoy going, but I very much enjoy HAVING BEEN to confession. Telling my sins is a painful business for me; like debriding a carbuncle. But, oh, when that priest says “Now, say a good act of contrition”. Now, that’s pure bliss!
 
I can’t say I enjoy going to confession, or that I feel good (happy) afterward. What I always feel is wrung out. Confession always takes a lot out of me, even if I’m confessing only venial sins.

But I am always glad I went.

Actually, what I enjoy is my penance. My penance is always to pray: either a Rosary, or a decade, or an Our Father-Hail Mary-Glory Be, or to pray for a specific person. And I always pray with such heartfeltness, I feel so close to God.
 
jpjd said:
I can’t say I enjoy going to confession, or that I feel good (happy) afterward. What I always feel is wrung out. Confession always takes a lot out of me, even if I’m confessing only venial sins.

But I am always glad I went.
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Same here - sometimes I have to kinda sorta make myself go, rather like cleaning house when I’m feeling too lazy to do it. Always glad afterwards when I do.
 
It’s a love/hate thing. I have a hard time motivating myself to go. But once I’ve gotten myself there and the door shuts, it’s one of the greatest things about being Catholic. I’m never sorry that I’ve gone and usually regret that it took so long.
 
I’ve no idea how people manage without confession. I love this wonderful sacrament.
 
I do. I am discovering that I end up really regretting it on the weeks that I miss confession. It just seems like confession on Saturday and Mass on Sunday, and then your whole week is set up to be the best that it can be.
 
Ridgerunner said:
There might be some who enjoy going to confession, and more power to them if they do. I do not enjoy going, but I very much enjoy HAVING BEEN to confession. Telling my sins is a painful business for me; like debriding a carbuncle. But, oh, when that priest says “Now, say a good act of contrition”. Now, that’s pure bliss!
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That’s more what I meant. As I said, I don’t relish having sinned but when I finally get it together and get to confession and get it out in the open it is great to be done with it.

It’s like one of those big nagging projects that you have been procrastinating on (like painting a room), but once you do it everything is so much better and you feel so good about getting it done.
 
I’d be in Hell without it!

My soul aches for confession when I know I need to go.
 
I love going to Confession. I go every week now. But I also wander from parish to parish. Maybe I should get a regular confessor.
 
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One must do penance for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand 😉
 
Confession is one of the most liberating things I know of. The first time I went at age 17 (as a convert), it felt like a physical weight had been lifted from my shoulders. I literally felt light on my feet as a walked out of the confessional. I love the Holy Eucharist, but the Sacrament of Penance is a close second.
 
I love the Sacrament of Confession and the graces Jesus imparts through it but I don’t like the waiting in line part…it’s that nervous waiting and making sure that you’ve left nothing out. Having a good confessor really helps. I try to go to the same priest every time. For me, though, since I’m such a wretch, I can’t always make it a whole week to get to my normal confessor so I go to confession at the local Cathedral (they have daily confession at 11) when I need to. Knowing that I have this option is such a consolation…not that I plan to sin and then confess (which is sacrelige and another sin to confess!) but once I’ve found myself in sin, I know that I can usually go right away and have it forgiven and cleaned. Thank God for such a wonderful Sacrament!
 
I LOVE going to Confession. A clean brand new start.

I enter the Catholic Church very quietly and humbly, kneel and pray to Our Heavenly Father to allow me to remember all my sins. They come flooding back to my mind and I am ill thinking about living another moment with these sins.

It’s a relief to hear the reasuring gentle voice of the Priest who listens and speaks words of wisdom. When I am absolved of my sins it is with a lightened load that I pray before the Blessed Sacrament to do my penance.

Nothing feels better than to go to Communion during Mass in a state of Grace. 🙂
 
I can’t say I enjoy confession, either, but when the priest says those wonderful words “I absolve you…” I feel like I’ve been set free.

I think the anticipation of going to confesson is much worse than actually going. Once I’m in line and have committed myself to confessing I begin to feel calmer.
 
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