Private Confession

There are advantages to Private Confession and Absolution. I wonder how that advantage can be seen in this day and age. Most people do not trust others. People do not desire to unload all their secrets to other people. Some of us find very close friends to which we can confess things. The difficulty is that they tend not to go to their Pastor or Congregation.

St Paul tells Christians to help each other. James tells us to confess our sins to one another and see that we are struggling together. Jesus reminds us that we have the power to forgive sins. Jesus also tells us if we have grudges or sins against one another we need to go and resolve those sins. But often times we bury them. People desire to avoid conflict but end up building a larger conflict.

When we share with each other all our struggles and sins, we can help each other. We can confess our sins and receive forgiveness. We can find strength in our numbers. I also think God was on to something when he said tell your dirty laundry to your neighbor and he will tell his dirty laundry to you. Because if either share the others dirty laundry then they have the dirt to share.

Pastors are not supposed to share anything. Anything said in the confessional is to stay silent. Pastors with poor memories make good confessors. But Private Confession only takes a proper confessor. Someone you trust to forgive your sins and forget all your errors. God is the one who can share everything with and he will forgive us. What about your Pastor? Can you think of him like God? Thank you.

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