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cherry_blossom1
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I am not uncomfortable confessing to a particular priest, but rather to all of them. Spilling my sins to a fellow person is very uncomfortable for me. What should I do?
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RolandThompsonGunner
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If I’m understanding your question, it’s not that you’re uncomfortable with an individual priest, but that you’re uncomfortable confessing to any priest?
If so, I think the answer is, unfortunately, “get over it.” Going into a small room and telling someone your dirty secrets is an inherently awkward thing, and there’s really no way around it. I always think of the awkwardness as part of my penance.
If so, I think the answer is, unfortunately, “get over it.” Going into a small room and telling someone your dirty secrets is an inherently awkward thing, and there’s really no way around it. I always think of the awkwardness as part of my penance.
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ioannes_pius
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Use it as an occasion to grow in humility.
“Even embarrassment is good. It’s healthy to have a bit of shame… it does us good, because it makes us more humble.” —Pope Francis, on Confession.
“Even embarrassment is good. It’s healthy to have a bit of shame… it does us good, because it makes us more humble.” —Pope Francis, on Confession.
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Angel_Bradford
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You’re not spilling your sins to another person; you are whispering into the ear of Christ. And I promise you, as soon as you walk out of that confessional, your sins have been forgotten…What an amazing gift to hear the words, “your sins have been forgiven”!!!
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EricF
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It is by nature uncomfortable. It should be. Nobody likes to admit their faults, but admitting them, as humiliating as it is, is the essential first step in the process.
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