All priests should desire to carry out a holy ministry and to confer the sacraments in a way that leads others to Christ. However, sometimes the mix of personalities in the confessional makes it ...

Confession is difficult for everyone. So I’ve laid out some simple principles on how to make this very demanding and taxing event a bit easier, with the hope that by the time you exit the confessional ...

Imagine how people would respond if I introduced myself by saying, “My name’s Ken and I’m a sinner.” Acknowledging my status as a sinner is theologically accurate. It’s also prerequisite to the ...

Betty Bova wishes priests talked up the confession of sin more. She feels that Catholics who bypass the confessional are forfeiting the good that the sacrament of reconciliation can bring to their ...

More than one perplexed priest has asked me: “What should I do when people come to confession and say they have nothing to confess?” It used to be that when people had not been to confession in years, ...

I almost got a crown today. It wasn’t a crown of Glory — more like a dental one. And I did say that I almost got it. I’ve been struggling with a weird pain in my tooth for a couple weeks now and my ...

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov teaches us "man should seek and search to find even a little bit of good within himself, because that little good will encourage him and bring himself to joy, and through the ...