I usually make an appointment for confession. Since I know the parish priest, now, sometimes I catch him when he has a moment at church and I am doing some errand there.
He also stays after church meetings, to hear confessions. He is ready any time to help reconcile sinners to Christ.
My son came back from a year in Korea, and went to confession. I asked him what penance he got, and he said that the priest told him to go worship God in the beauty of His creation (a national park) and ponder for an hour on how much Christ loved him. I once confessed an argument with my husband, and the priest (different one) told me to make my husband his favorite dinner, and give him a week of peace. LOL! Oh, and a decade of the Rosary. ;-D
At other times, I have wept tears of shame, and found peace before Christ the Lord.
It is truly one of the loveliest sacraments, to me.
“It is truly one of the loveliest sacraments, to me.”
And to me. Sounds like you have been Blessed in many ways.