My Side of the Confessional: What Is It Like for a Priest?
This is not a post written by myself (obviously...the title gives it away!)...however given that we are in the season of Lent, it is the opportune time to try and go to Confession. Many people are afraid to go because they are afraid of what the priest will think of him. Here, a priest called Fr. Mike Schmitz, shares what he sees during Confession! Read on...it is beautiful! "I was once riding in a shuttle-bus with a number of older folks on the way from an airport. They noticed that I was a priest and started asking questions about it. “Do you do all of the priest stuff?” “Yep.” “Even the Confession thing?” “Yeah. All the time.” One older lady gasped, “Well, I think that that would be the worst. It would be so depressing; hearing all about people’s sins.” I told them that it was the exact opposite. There is almost no greater place to be than with someone when they are coming back to God. I said, “It would depressing if I had to watch someone leave God; I get to be with them ...