How to get Better at Confession? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

Fr. Pine gives tips on how to get better at going confession.

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[cpcats]

Thank you, Father. I haven't been to confession in about 20 years, but I'm going tomorrow morning. This video has been super helpful in preparing. Boom. :)

[domineprinceps]

This is the most helpful advice on the sacrament that I have heard. As a recent convert, confession is something that has taken me a long time to figure out. No one in RCIA could (or would) go into details like this, so it was left “as an exercise for the reader” to figure it out through experience. I’ve been to confession a lot, and it has become less frustrating to make the most of the sacrament, but with advice from this video, I think my experience will be even more fulfilling. Thank you, Father!

[Neb-iemj]

I went and gave a general confession about a year ago, named the awful things I’ve done. It really helped me to stop the sins I was describing, I still have tremendous guilt and have become pretty scrupulous.
Confession was a great thing for me but I still have resentment towards it, I just feel like a pile of trash when I go. Please pray for me and for others to return to confession and repent.

[elenaeich]

This is the clearest instruction on this sacrament I’ve ever received! I’m 65 years old have gone to catechism when I was a child, left the church right after my Confirmation and returned at 23. Since returning I’ve never gotten any instruction like this and I believe this is one of the most important thing we could offer our people! Many of us AGONIZE the preparation for this Sacrament and even at time leave the confessional unsure that we are better off then when we went in. Thank you Fr. Gregory God has truly called you to rejuvenate our Church. Thank you 🙏🏻♥️

[aiantenor]

"Ten Commandments, 7 deadly sins, virtues and gifts of the Holy Spirit."

Thank you Fr Pine. May the Lord continue to bless you and keep you. 🙏

[startrek]

Thank you. Was exactly this that I was looking for.
My Guardian Angel looking after me.
Thanks be to God.

[nicoleyoshihara]

Yess confession! Let's start doing First Friday and First Saturday devotions!🥳❤💕

[JoeyDecay]

I wish I watched this yesterday. I went to confession yesterday for the first time in over 15 years even though I returned to the Catholic mass 5 years ago. Then disrupted by covid and a change in where and amount of work, I didn't get deep into the faith until the beginning of this year. Still I didn't even think about it that much. But I felt a deep depression lately and knew I needed it. It was such a great experience. I'm just so happy to be indulged in the Catholic faith again

[margaretclared.]

I like having the Act of Contrition written out so I can pray it as praying out loud can get me nervous.

[ronb]

BOOM! thank you Fr Pine, this video was most helpful. I was received into the catholic church at the Easter Vigil this year and am still finding my way through the sacrament of reconciliation. I sure do love the Catholic Church and am so happy to finally be home. God Bless you Father.

[PLQ]

Comprehensive, organized and extremely informative. Best of all, delivered with a kind energy and small doses of humor. Wee done!

[maryann]

I don't mean to sound pious, but I am an elderly woman who lives by myself, and I work from home. I am a chaste single woman, and I refrain from any impure thoughts or actions. I am fine when I don't have the "opportunity" to sin. It's a good thing I am not out and about in the workplace because I am a reactive person, and, from past experience, I know I would be impatient and curt and whiny with people. But now that I am pretty much insulated from interaction with people, and I have learned to have patience with them in my current role, I don't really have any grave sins. I've confessed to participating in gossip when I hear from a coworker, or feeling frustrated with the company's ever-changing policies, but, beyond that, I don't always know what to bring to Confession, although I do go once a month. This video was very helpful to me because I can now consider the virtues and gifts of the Holy Spirit, which I had rarely examined as a source for making a good confession.

[dianatapia-wrighted.d.]

Thank you so much Father!!! I am a Confirmation teacher and I am going over the Sacrament of Confession this week and you gave a beautiful description on Confession that I am going to share with the students. God's Perfect Timing!!

[OPiguy]

Protestant (well, neither Protestant nor Catholic at the moment) and finding this explanation helpful

[bradleytarr]

Some ideas for future videos:
1) An in-depth video on Angelology and Demonology. Who is Lucifer? What are the Nine Choirs? Who are Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael?
2) Comparing and Contrasting Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.
3) How best to dialogue with a) Muslims, b) Buddhists, c) Hindus, d) Protestants e) Jews f) Atheists

4) An in-depth video on Catholic Eschatology
5) An in-depth video on Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory. What they are, and what they are not.

[ambevil]

One thing I notice which greatly aids my confessions is a consistent daily examination, which helps me to pinpoint concrete events giving the ability to name the sins/opportunities of grace met throughout the day, instead of heading into confession wondering what exactly I did that week lol Fr. Gregory, could you do a video on the nightly examen? This was a great video on confession!

[carolynmscotti]

Father Gregory, going to Confession is a very serious matter. We should have sorrow for our sins with the thought of trying never to offend God again. You make confession sound like we are making a laundry list and being sorry doesn’t really matter.
Confession is a Sacrament and the graces we receive has all to do with the love, trust, and respect we have for our Lord and His Holy Catholic Church.
I am a convert since July 3rd 1959, love the Catholic Church and follow the Traditional teachings of our Faith. It seems to me, we have fallen away from our Catholic Teachings and have lost our way to guide others to the truth.
May our Lord keep you faithful to His Teachings and grant you the wisdom to lead all those in your path to His Salvation.

[Calrb]

Best video on confession I have ever seen. As a semi recent convert to Catholicism from being Protestants, I found this incredibly insightful and the advice super practical. Thank you, Fr

[mauraseabrooke]

I kept forgetting the Act of Contrition until I asked the Holy Spirit to help me never to forget it again and I have never have.
Praise be God the Son and the Holy Spirit.

[haonhu]

I was lukewarm before and I didn't have any problems with going confession. I am now a different person. However, I have a hard time with Real Confession. This video tremendously help! God blesses you, father.