6 tips for overcoming confessional aversion

Afraid of Confession?


1. Find a good guide for an examination of conscience. Babarsky recommends Mea Culpa, a user-friendly iPhone app.

2. Make a list of the sins you want to confess and bring it with you.

3. Confess the most serious sins first. 

4. If confessing to your own pastor is a roadblock, go to a parish nearby.

5. Confess at regular intervals: weekly, monthly or with the change of liturgical seasons.

6. Focus on God’s mercy, “which is wider than the measures of the human mind”