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By Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life , Jan 25, 2024
Mr. Randy Hain is President of Serviam Partners (www.serviampartners.com) and is a sought-after executive coach and leadership consultant for business leaders and companies all over the country.
I have been thinking a great deal about my experience at Reconciliation a few weekends ago. I felt an intense and unexplainable urge to go and confess my sins when I woke up that Saturday morning. While I try to go every six weeks or so, this was no routine visit to the priest for me. I needed to unburden myself of the numerous venial sins I had committed since I last participated in this sacrament.
For possibly the first time in the 17 years since I joined the Church, I was able to see the true nature of these sins as a tremendous burden on my shoulders. They were as a fog that kept me from seeing the path ahead. They were an obstacle in my relationship with Christ. I know these observations to be true because the moment I left the confessional booth, I felt as though a huge weight had been lifted. My spiritual vision was restored and I was again focused on serving the Lord. ….
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