Word of God clearly says in JOHN 20: 21-23- Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
In today's world many of our Catholic brethren are influenced by other denominations of Christians and have come to conclusion that we can confess our sins directly to God.
We have to understand that it is Jesus who gave His authority to apostles to forgive our sins. Initially it was given to all the apostles and from the apostles the same authority was passed on to pope and from pope to cardinals and from cardinals to Bishop and from bishop to the priest.
Our church is following the apostolic tradition from the beginning till now and all the Catholics are under 1 pope from past 2000 years unlike other denominations started with 1 denomination with 1 leader in 1517 and today because of disagreement and arguments they are divided into more than 30,000+ denominations with 30000+ leaders in exactly 502 years.
Most of the other denominations leaders are well versed with the scriptures but they teach the congregation more about money, healing and deliverance and all other truths which people have to know will be kept hidden.
When Jesus Himself has commissioned confession to apostles and throughout the years it is passed on to pope to the priest then we cannot question but we have to just follow it.
Let us practice going for confession once in at least 2 months and let us not wait for Easter and Christmas.
Date: 29: 12: 2019.
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