They do closed confessionals in most parishes. I hadn’t been in years until fairly recently as much of the secular/protestant movement infiltrated and I started to think the same way. So if I went to a funeral or wedding I’d ask God to forgive me and go to Holy Communion because I asked God for forgiveness I knew it was okay. Ha! Lies! I recently returned to the Church and go to confessions at least monthly. Love, love, love it. The Catholic Church is right and has been for 2,000 years.
Welcome back to the full Communion. Blessings!
I am pleased to hear a Catholic say this...Not because you don't believe Jesus will forgive your trespasses but because many Catholics here on FR claim that Jesus will forgive you but it's better to go to a man for forgiveness...
I'm sorry for you to think that going directly to Jesus is a lie...I don't know what kind of a protestant you were but we Christians apparently do it a little differently...
We don't wait for a marriage or a death to confess our sins to God...We generally (or often) wake up in the morning and talk to Jesus...Thruout the day we will talk to Jesus and ask him to forgive our bad thoughts, as they happen, while thanking Him for our blessings as well as coming to Him for any of our requests and needs...All day long...
We are the children of God and he is our Daddy...And we talk to Him accordingly...We 'come boldly to the throne of Grace' any time, night or day...
And when we don't know what to pray, the Holy Spirit within us prays (to God) for us...
And you want to wait to get to church to get your forgiveness from a man??? Not this Christian...