Kevin, (Continued)
The Priest told Evelyn that if she were to ask forgiveness and receive absolution for the sin of impurity, she would have to understand that she would have to do all in her power to live chaste. Jesus' mercy and grace comes with the intention of truly being repentant and sorry for sinning. Evelyn said she was and upon confessing she told me it was such a feeling of having a heavy burden taken off her shoulders that she had been carrying for a very long time. This was my experience as well. You come out of confession on such a high that you want to jump as high as you can with pure joy! Kevin, the Church does not put stumbling blocks in front of people to go to Jesus with a contrite and repentant heart. I told Mark here about a week or so ago - both Peter and Judas denied/betrayed Jesus but how they reacted afterwards was the determining factor of their faith/trust in / love for Jesus - Peter cried when he say Jesus and did not even want him to look at him (continued)