Tonight I went to Confession for the very first time as a new Catholic and I knew it was going to be ROUGH for me having to say these things out loud but I was ready and excited to confess my worst sins. I researched what to do, memorized the prayer of contrition, and went to Church during the allotted hours.
I’ve never seen the confessional in my Church, so when I got there and saw everyone sat in the pews I took a seat and waited to see who would be up next. I waited, and waited, and waited. Nothing. Eventually the end of Confessional rolled around and I saw a door to a back room open and the Priest step out, put on his rain coat, and leave the Church.
No one was waiting for confessional, they were all praying! I watched wide eyed as the Priest walked out and I wanted to scream, I wanted to say something, but I didn’t know what to do.
I should have asked someone where the confessional was, I should have talked to the Priest before my first confessional, I’m such an idiot and I’m so angry. I built this up so much and I just sat there like an idiot! I can’t even confess my sins correctly!