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Confession - The Inner Life - July 7, 2026

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Father Tom Wilson joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss Confession

  • Why is Confession Important.
  • (6:08) What is the process of confession?
  • (17:00) How do priests feel about people coming to confession?

(20:14) Break 1

  • (21:40) Denise - Sometimes hard to confess. I feel the more I go, the easier it gets to confess the sins. Just being vulnerable and saying the sins...just feel better like a weight has been lifted. Really encourage all to go to confession. I don't want to be in mortal sin.
  • (35:12) Diane - I suffer from scrupulosity. 2 years ago I came back to the church after being away for 30 years. How do you determine difference between temptation and actual sin? Something in the news recently aroused me and I don't know if it was temptation or sin. It wasn't pornography.

(38:50) Break 2

  • (39:55) Patrick - How does Father feel about receiving communion when you are aware of a minor sin, not a major sin?
  • Email – What is the relationship between venial sins and confession?
  • (44:50) Marie - How do I clarify for a friend that confession is about confessing sins and not a counseling appointment? Also, I have some very protestant relatives and couldn't understand the value of confession. How do I answer that question?
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