"Bless me father for I have sinned. This is my first confession."
My Little Gregory made the sacrament of Penance today and he did very well. I remember being nervous the first time I went as a child. He asked when I was going to go so I promised that I'd go next Saturday. "Bless me father for I have sinned. It has been forever and a day since my last confession."
My mother told me that the last time she went to confession was when she was about 18 or 19. The priest had asked her if she promised to never do that again and she told him that she couldn't make that promise. She doesn't even remember what it was but it was a venial sin and really not that big of a deal . If you knew my mother then you'd know this was true because she was a good girl. Anyway, because she told the priest that she couldn't make that promise, he told her that he couldn't give her absolution. She walked out.
