Why We Don't Like Going to Confession 

Probably the annoying background music.

Thank you good words.

Make an appointment with a priest.

Obstacle is priorities. Finding/making the time is easy if priorities are in order.. God, family, work/play.

Thank you. 15:09

Make an appointment.

You're right it was a man who developed confession but you're wrong in saying it wasn't God. Confession has existed since Jesus gave the authority to the Apostles to forgive sins. You are still allowed to repent (in fact it is absolutely necessary) of your sins before going to confession, that's the point of a daily examination of conscience. You come from a place of pride and embarrassment (I do too, especially when I was a Protestant) that keeps you away from the lord in the Sacrament he made. I'll leave you with a quote dating from 203 A.D. by Tertullian of Carthage on confession: "Yet most men either shun this work, as being a public exposure of themselves, or else defer it from day to day. I presume (as being) more mindful of modesty than of salvation; just like men who, having contracted some malady in the more private parts of the body, avoid the privity of physicians, and so perish with their own bashfulness." [Repentance Chapter 10]

Also confessing your sins to a nun is fine, but the nun can't give you absolution since she isn't a successor of the Apostles.

GL- I don’t go because I look for guidance and all I get is to say 5 Hail Marys and 10 Our Fathers which does nothing for me. I want to change, be a different person.

@@lattem2141 That's respectable and you are definitely ahead of most people who just do it out of habit. Can I suggest you make an appointment with a Priest that you like and ask him if he can become your spiritual director? the job of a spiritual director is to make you a better person and to help you grow your connection with God in a one on one setting. Confession isn't necessarily mean't to do this (although the Priest should give you brief counseling on your sins and how to fix them, at least my Priest does), instead it's supposed to distribute the Sacrament by absolving you of your sins. There shouldn't be anything else in confession besides you listing your sins, the priest giving you council and a penance (this is important), and then the absolution and finally it should end with you walking out and doing your penance. The Penance (like you said "five Our Father's or "3 Hail Mary's", sometimes more sometimes less) the Priest gives you isn't mean't to be your counseling, it's supposed to be something you don't necessarily want to do, like a punishment, but you freely do anyways to sacrifice something (in this case your time) to God. Penance isn't necessarily supposed to make you a better person, although it can, it's instead supposed to let you give something to God as a sacrifice. The origins of Penance go all the way back to the Early Church, when people who committed grave sins might have to do ridiculously long amounts of penance (sometimes for years) to be let back into communion with the Church, they were already forgiven by God when they repented and confessed their sins, but for the body of believers to see they were truly sorry, they were given a Penance to fulfill. Getting a spiritual director can help you get pastoral counseling on everything you need, and it can be a one on one conversation to help you understand how to grow further in the spiritual life. You should look into it further so you can discern it better (because I am not qualified to help you any further, im just some guy) there is probably some good youtube videos on how to get a spiritual director. May God bless both of us and keep us on the narrow path to salvation!

I agree, SO annoying. Hard to concentrate on the video !

I'll leave you with a quote dating from 203 A.D. by Tertullian of Carthage on confession: "Yet most men either shun this work, as being a public exposure of themselves, or else defer it from day to day. I presume (as being) more mindful of modesty than of salvation; just like men who, having contracted some malady in the more private parts of the body, avoid the privity of physicians, and so perish with their own bashfulness." [Repentance Chapter 10]

Jesus gave priests the "power to forgive sins". "Whose sins you shall forgive will be forgiven; those that you retain will be retained."

And Jesus said to the Apostle’s whose so ever sin’s you forgive are forgiven - if this is not confession I don’t know what is. Please leave your man made protestant CULT and come home.

"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” confession usually starts with the sign of the cross an bless me father for I have sinned.. . (In my experience) You've heard the phrase open your heart? Think of it as keeping your mind open to the possibility that Jesus loves you so much somehow someway he is present within the confessional with you and the priest who has taken holy orders. Any questions I'd invite you to pray on Mathew 18-20. Hope this helps god bless

You are right on every point!! I left the Catholic Church many years ago because it was a man made cult! They hold people through fear. Salvation is through Jesus Christ alone - no other name!!

‘Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them. Whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.’