Will the church ever stop forcing people into confession for their sins, installing a sordid exercize to compel people to feel guilt and remorse as well as judgment? What if a bishop were to show up with his local priests and simply gather those same 3,000 people for simple individual sacramental absolution as a blessing for their ongoing lives? Soon that 3,000 would become 6,000 then 9,000 and later, hundreds of thousands returning from their journey away from the church. The experience we had in our parish with communal reconciliation services is that most people had minimal venial sins they were aware of. The very few who felt serious sin in their lives most often sought spiritual direction after experiencing a return to the reception of the Eucharist. I think that's the approach Jesus took, too.