Do I Need to Go to Confession?

God forgives my sins. Nothing to do with a priest.

Father Mike you inject faith, hope and belief in our Church in such a beautiful and common sense way thank you for your Ministry 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Jesus didn't debate endlessly about unimportant details in theology. Why are you? Please contribute something useful to the world.

I just can’t believe all these comments people are making on their doubt of God.Jesus died for our sins.He paid our penalty, He who knew no sin became our sin that we be Made the Righteousness of God.
You want to know what will keep you from sinning . Jesus love for you.
I used to be Catholic, most Catholics don’t even know where they are going when they die,
Most all pray to saints or Mary and don’t have personal relationship with Jesus.
And they get such a comfort from a man.
I can understand now why Jesus stated .
I never knew you ,depart from Me. Worker’s of evil,
Read the Bible for your self. God is Not a respecter of person,
The Jewish people had priests the early church does not mention them but the Jewish believers who loved the Law.
The gentiles did not have priests until about 400 A D. Then here comes the Catholic Church and with it the darkness.
I have been there all of you better call out too Jesus and get a personal relationship and when you do slip you come before Him and not a man. The Word States, if you confess your sins He is faithful to Forgive you.
Now you can fool a man but the Holy Spirit is God . The Word says be you Holy as God is Holy.
Also be you Perfect as God is perfect.
I am, Jesus lives in me ,I have His Spirit in me.
Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ in him, he is none of him,
Know you not that you are the Temple of God, and the Spirit of God lives in you.
When you repent of your sins and ask Jesus to forgive you for your sins and to come and live in you, He does, He honors His Word.
All I can say is Trust Jesus. There no name above His Name,

Father Mike, I feel inspired to share this experience I had today. It has been a rough month/s for me spiritually and God had reconciled me again back to Himself

Reflection and experience:

"In God I trust, I shall not fear." Psalm 56

The LORD has saved me today, He has led me to come back to and He sent His Mother after me and She brought me to Him. She did not relent praying for me. And I think God helped me remember that one article that said "say that 'Our Lady has sent me' before you go to confession." It gave me courage. And She heard my prayers and petitions even though I was afraid to go confession. I didn't even notice that the devil's gaping maw is wrapped around my neck trying o drag me away from being reconciled with God. Only through God's grace I had the courage to go. God gave me, a sinner, the grace of holy tears during the confession. But that was only the icing on the cake of utter hope and reconciliation.

And God reminded me and consoled me in the mass,


"In God I trust, I shall not fear."

The fact thst priests have more sins than you Pedofiles running churches.Also the pope no longer working for Gods scriptures.Pray direct to Jesus Christ he died for all your sins .Not priests

I definitely feel relieved after confession, until I confess I feel my life is being held back and I fall into a sort of depression and I feel less patient and more angry.

Father, you need to slow your speech. You're talking to fast.

Lord Jesus thank you for your gift of reconciliation and the mercy that we receive from it.

If you offend somebody and then go to him and say "I am sorry, can you forgive me?" and the person you offended repplys "Yes, but, you have to do me a favour: Do this this this and this" and after we say "Oh insteed of all that can i do what i want to do for you to forgive me?" 😆😆

I think this is a good explanation of "Why confession makes sence". I also strugle with accepting this dogma but after i heard this video and i came up with this other way of explaining then it became more clear why the Church preach this way! Great video @FrMike!

I go to confession on my knees.
Mainly when I'm home

When I went to Confession the first time, almost 50 years ago, as 7 year old getting ready for my First Holy Communion, I was terrified and made up lies because I was SEVEN!!! What sins had I committed as a SEVEN YEAR OLD??? Therefore as an adult, I don’t like Confession. I know what I’ve done, God knows what I’ve done and if I am truly sorry and ask for forgiveness, it’s all good!

Been to Catholic Services 3 times, once with a HS Buddy at the Catholic Church in Pomeroy, OH. 2nd time in the AF on base chapel with. Buddy that asked me to go to church with him after he got a Dear John letter from his fiancé, the third time when I was confused and went to Mass because I got chapel hours wrong so after I got inside I didn’t want to walk out. I don’t regret the experience but definitely don’t believe that denomination. In my opinion they changed the true Sabbath without Godly authority.

Why can't ii. Confess my sins directly to God,?? Nothing against a priest.

very few folk go to confession...not necessary...our natives were here for 60 000 years in Australia..only had medicine men..not sure these guys heard any confession..amen

confession is voyeuristic in my option..amen

Can ppl be forgiven without a Priest? Ask the High Priest Yeshua who hears your prayers directly. Psalms 110:4.

It says in the gospel, that people also repented, from john baptist - water baptism

For those of us who are not able to make it to confession/Mass. Due to medical issues. Asking for forgiveness at home is our only option.

Too many protestants who ask me about confession always hit me with "I can just go to God", "why do I have to go to man", etc, etc. I always try to explain this is what Jesus wanted. It's his rules, he gave us the sacraments...So are you saying God is wrong and that you know better? I pray for them they put their pride aside and see the truth.

You have to go to a priest, to confess mortal sin to be absolved

I am having extreme difficulty with Priests abuse being cover up for so long and Pope Frances rulings especially woke values it should be resolved and have Pope resign removed immediately to much damages to Christian communities 😢🙏🙏🙏

We're told to repent and not just confess our sins

Fr. Mike, I do enjoy your lessons, however, I don't believe a priest is necessary in the process.
I just don't.

Roman’s 10:9
Profess by mouth Jesus is Lord, Believe God raised Jesus from the dead and you will be saved

There is one mediator between God and man: Jesus Christ. Confessing to others is good, but only Jesus Christ can forgive us.

I love how the thumbnail of Father’s expression always indicates the answer to the video’s title questions.

I feel priests are not sinless when they close the doors in 2020 and were paid by the government to keep the doors closed

Thank you so much ❤

My bible sure doesn't say that I need a priest, or a lawyer for that matter to repent of my sins, but maybe yours does. You do have one don't you?

why in the world would i confess my sins to someone that is a sinner just like me and everybody else, sometimes their sins are far worse.... a priest has no power to forgive you of your sins, just pray to GOD and ask for forgiveness

A priest is not necessary. We are restored through salvation, accepting Jesus as our personal Savior, believing He died for us to redeem us from our sins. The Bible says the there is ONE mediator between man and God, our Lord Jesus Christ, not a priest. The Bible also states that we should call no man Father except God the Father, not the pope or a priest. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God, the Word of God says—that includes priests and the pope. Former Catholic saved many years ago after I realized that Catholic doctrines are not biblical. My trust is in Jesus alone, faith alone (Ephesians 2:8-9) and the Word of God alone, not in any man or church doctrines that don’t line up with scripture.

Question - many abusive priests performed many confessions and handed out hundreds of communion wafers while being moved and protected by the bishops. Was all of that even "legal"?

I actually never thought of it that way, Christianity introduced mercy and forgiveness, I love that, thanks Father Mike

Priests can’t forgive anyone’s sins. Jesus died for ALL sins, all you have to do is accept Him as your Savior, like Mary did, and accept His free gift. Not even the Pope can forgive anyone’s sin nor get them out of the fictional purgatory. What ever happened to Limbo ? Apparently you couldn’t cash in on indulgences that way.

Maybe if the sin is venial, they could make fasting, charity/reconciliation with enemies, indulgence prayer. JAMES 5;16. /But if the sin is Mortal, one should go to a Priest because all Priests are given the KEYS to Heaven. MATTHEW 16;19. REV 3;10. or attend Urbi et Orbi Holy Mass of the Pope held twice a year: every Christmas season (Check on the dates from the VATICAN), and every Lenten season. But we still need CONFESSION because LORD GOD COMMANDED to do it this way. NUMBERS 5;7. LEVITICUS 5;7. Humility is not being above the Decisions of LORD GOD.

Christ Jesus alone cam forgive sin

What happens when you've prayed for a love, and that night, you fell in love at first sight, and have been happily married for 35yrs, I've done everything and loved everything! I find myself waiting? Am I alone in this feeling?

Only Jesus can forgive sin, good news is he hears our prayers no need for mortal sinner priests who touch little boys.. Jesus is our ONKY mediator and intercessor

the eucharist is by itself a sacrament of forgiveness....

Went after 35+ years. Incredible experience. The sins I confessed, I cannot even force myself to think about - they are GONE! As such, I go every 3-4 weeks. Most of the time I don’t even know what I will confess but sitting in the pew, asking for the Holy Spirit to show me what I must confess, it comes to me. It works every time. Just go and feel the freedom in saying the sin and performing the reconciliation. It works!

We actually call priest father. I still use Last name even though I know his first name.

If it is a metal sin you need to go asap. If it is a venal sin you can wait a little while.

We are only talking to Roman Catholics. We anyone else believes is there business nor ours.

I was always told that you go to to confession because when you sin you sin against God, yourself, and man; and all three are present in Confession

I live in a little town in Louisiana. We have a get priest in town; but I can't even find a time for confession.
It actually says none available. I checked the nearest City and don't see any there either. I guess I will just confess to God, Jesus, and Mary until see one available?????

AMEN ! gift(s) of mercy ,,,,,,,,,,

I love Father Mike and the Bible in a year podcast. But, I must have missed something - where in the bible does it point to confessing our sins to someone inbetween us and Jesus?

No. Priesthoods are dead. Our sins are forgiven by Jesus' death and resurrection. God has not BOUND Himself to anything man-made. Silly priest.