Someone approached me recently and asked a very honest, vulnerable question. She said that she reads on blogs and hears on Catholic radio the beauty of the practice of frequent confession, but she hasn’t been to the sacrament in a very long time. She’s intimidated, not even by the fact that she feels she has to a lot to confess, but she’s worried she’s going to do it incorrectly.

So let’s look a little closer at the sacrament.

Four essential parts

First, we should not be afraid of simply telling the priest that because it has been a long time, we might need some help. The priest is not there to trap you into doing or saying the wrong thing. He is overjoyed that you have returned to the sacrament, and he’ll do everything he can to help you through it. …

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