When we are seeking forgiveness, there is a need for both honesty and true sorrow.

“Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves... the preaching of forgiveness without repentance, baptism without church discipline, communion without confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ.

"Costly grace is the gospel that must be sought again and again, the gift that must be asked for, and the door at which a man must knock... It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life... It is costly because it cost God the life of His Son.”
(Dietrich Bonhoeffer)

Catholics tell their sins to a priest in the confessional.

Since God alone can forgive sin, Christ acts through the priest.

Priests receive from Christ the power to forgive sins in His name (Matthew 16:18-20 and John 20:21-24).

The priest is bound by a most serious obligation not to tell anyone what was said in the confessional.

Telling your darkest secrets is not easy. We feel very vulnerable. However, it has a tremendous benefit; we look deep within ourselves and make needed changes.

“Declare your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may find healing” (James 5:16).

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