Confession

"I haven't been to confession in a long time.  A really long time."

That's okay!!!  Our priest is gentle, compassionate, and very helpful to those who haven't been to confession in a while.

Examination of Conscience

On Easter Night, the risen Jesus appeared to his apostles and said, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.' And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained'" (Jn 20:21-23)

"When we go to Confession we are not telling God something He doesn’t already know and we’re not showing Him something He doesn’t already see. We are giving Him something He doesn’t already have: Your broken heart."
Father Mike Schmitz

"So many people see the confessional as a place of defeat, but confession is a place of victory every single time."

Father Mike Schmitz

"The Sacrament of Penance is the masterpiece of God's goodness."

Pope Pius XII

"A man is repaired in an instant by Divine grace."

St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church