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I know the hesitancy; it isn’t easy to walk into a confessional; my son badly wanted to go out with his friends last weekend and tried his usual high-level quotes, “Mum, you know it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.” After 10 minutes of earnest persuasion, the conversation ended with him obtaining an approval on condition that he goes for the Sacrament of Reconciliation that weekend, willingly.
Whether it is fear or embarrassment, one thing’s for sure, it is temporary…because the moment we leave the confessional, the great battle is won – God triumphs over evil and our souls are cleansed again. A priest once shared with me that the confessionals are placed at the sides of the church as it serves as ‘lifeboats’ to bring Catholics back to safety, back to our community, back to Jesus.
What’s this arrangement that you can literally get away with murder? Or is that really the arrangement? The mercy of God is infinitely greater than your malice, Padre Pio would say, Do not dwell on sins that have already been confessed. Jesus has forgiven them. Indeed, as Jesus promises: Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls .
Here’s another sign of the times — distrust. We no longer trust one another, we find it incomprehensible to trust another man, including a priest, and yes, with the Age of Reason and now the Age of “Artificial Intelligence”, we have found it even more difficult to trust God. Notwithstanding that people question the existence of God, a larger majority find it difficult to accept that He knows us by name and loves us enough to forgive us if we turn to Him.
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