Day
13
I’m
not sure if I should say this or not, but I often tell people that I feel most
like a priest not when I am presiding at the Eucharist but when I am hearing
confessions. I think there are a couple of reasons for that: 1) I have needed
the sacrament so often in my life and I have been assured by many priests of
God’s love and mercy for me. 2) I love being able to convey that great mercy to
others.
When
I have been in the confessional and someone has just unloaded that one burden
that they had carried for so long; that one sin that they feel can never be
forgiven; that one event that continues to cause them shame in their life; and
I can say to them God still loves you; God has always loved you; God never
stopped loving you. That is when I feel most like a priest.
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