Comments on: Looking forward while looking back http://seektoreveal.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/looking-forward-while-looking-back/ Trying to advance In God's Grace. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:17:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: JLT http://seektoreveal.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/looking-forward-while-looking-back/#comment-44 JLT Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:02:15 +0000 http://seektoreveal.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-44 My first confession was pretty uneventful. I found it to be scary and not at all what I had hoped or expected. It lived up to nothing like what my friends had shared theirs to be. It lacked, but then I realised why. I was given some misinformation about confession and how to go about making one. The priest "didn't want to know" all my "business", but I didn't realise that it wasn't supposed to be about him - it was between God and I, he was just the bridge and there to guide me and absolve me... In the end I sought out another priest at a Capuchin Monastery who was amazing and I wrote a 4 page list of all the things that I could think of -- I spent a long time with him and afterwards felt a freedom of which I had never felt before. What a moment. And ever since, whenever I want to make an awesome confession with good advice from a fantastic priest, I go back to see the Capuchin Friars... They are truly great shephards. :) My first confession was pretty uneventful. I found it to be scary and not at all what I had hoped or expected. It lived up to nothing like what my friends had shared theirs to be. It lacked, but then I realised why. I was given some misinformation about confession and how to go about making one. The priest “didn’t want to know” all my “business”, but I didn’t realise that it wasn’t supposed to be about him – it was between God and I, he was just the bridge and there to guide me and absolve me… In the end I sought out another priest at a Capuchin Monastery who was amazing and I wrote a 4 page list of all the things that I could think of — I spent a long time with him and afterwards felt a freedom of which I had never felt before.

What a moment. And ever since, whenever I want to make an awesome confession with good advice from a fantastic priest, I go back to see the Capuchin Friars… They are truly great shephards.

:)

]]> By: AutumnRose http://seektoreveal.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/looking-forward-while-looking-back/#comment-43 AutumnRose Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:42:01 +0000 http://seektoreveal.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-43 I found my first confession utterly mind-blowing. I have never felt so clean as I did afterwards! I could have cartwheeled down the aisle of the Church! :D I found my first confession utterly mind-blowing. I have never felt so clean as I did afterwards! I could have cartwheeled down the aisle of the Church! :D

]]> By: Sharon http://seektoreveal.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/looking-forward-while-looking-back/#comment-42 Sharon Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:22:16 +0000 http://seektoreveal.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-42 Jess Great post xx!! I have spent alot of my life dealing with guilt and, this side of my Catholic Conversion, that also means I've not yet availed myself of the sacrament of Confession [Reconcilliation]. The one thing I know is that guilt is meant to be just a stepping stone, not something to be dwelt on for days, weeks or years. God gave us guilt as a sign to seek repentance, to seek forgiveness, to put things right with Him and with anyone we may have hurt. Long term guilt is truly a waste of life. All the time we're focussing on that we're not focussing on God. Thank you for sharing Jess. pax Sharon xx Jess

Great post xx!! I have spent alot of my life dealing with guilt and, this side of my Catholic Conversion, that also means I’ve not yet availed myself of the sacrament of Confession [Reconcilliation].

The one thing I know is that guilt is meant to be just a stepping stone, not something to be dwelt on for days, weeks or years. God gave us guilt as a sign to seek repentance, to seek forgiveness, to put things right with Him and with anyone we may have hurt. Long term guilt is truly a waste of life. All the time we’re focussing on that we’re not focussing on God.

Thank you for sharing Jess.

pax

Sharon xx

]]> By: AutumnRose http://seektoreveal.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/looking-forward-while-looking-back/#comment-41 AutumnRose Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:17:30 +0000 http://seektoreveal.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-41 I absolutely endorse everything you say about confession! I don't know how I ever managed in my Protestant days without this truly powerful Sacrament! That just-washed-all-white-and-clean feeling is wonderful ~ praise God for the Graces of His Holy Church! AR xx I absolutely endorse everything you say about confession! I don’t know how I ever managed in my Protestant days without this truly powerful Sacrament! That just-washed-all-white-and-clean feeling is wonderful ~ praise God for the Graces of His Holy Church!

AR xx

]]> By: God's girl http://seektoreveal.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/looking-forward-while-looking-back/#comment-39 God's girl Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:41:30 +0000 http://seektoreveal.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-39 I have struggled with guilt a lot. I have learned that if my guilt is pushing me away from God then it is probably from satan. I know God will convict me when I do something wrong, but He is gentle and loving, and His goal is to always bring me closer to Him. I hope you have a blessed day! I have struggled with guilt a lot. I have learned that if my guilt is pushing me away from God then it is probably from satan. I know God will convict me when I do something wrong, but He is gentle and loving, and His goal is to always bring me closer to Him. I hope you have a blessed day!

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