Protestant Pastor at Catholic Confession

Rachel Triska has been confessing her sins all of her life. But her confessions have always been personal, Protestant–just between her and God. Then last year she spent time at a Jesuit retreat center and decided to confess her sins to a Catholic priest:

"So there I was, a Protestant pastor sitting across from a Jesuit priest. And I laid my soul bare before him. I confessed that my relationship with the Lord had devolved into a work relationship. I confessed to showing favoritism among members of my congregation. I confessed to struggles with pride and selfishness, to sinning in anger and causing others grief. All this and more I said in halting sentences."

She shares how the experience changed her life and ministry in Why I Confessed My Sins to a Jesuit Priest.