{"id":152791,"date":"2016-01-12T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/ask-a-priest-how-can-a-priest-like-me-if-he-knows-my-sins\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T15:18:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T19:18:31","slug":"ask-a-priest-how-can-a-priest-like-me-if-he-knows-my-sins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/ask-a-priest-how-can-a-priest-like-me-if-he-knows-my-sins\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAsk a Priest: How Can a Priest Like Me If He Knows My Sins?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<address>Q: I go to confession regularly to the same priest. I find it very humiliating. I know it is prideful, but I want the priest to like me, and how on earth could he when he knows all the sinful things I do? I have heard\/read that priests don&#8217;t think ill of people who come to them for confession. Can you give me any type of certainty that the same could be the case with the priest I see for confession? What is it like for you to hear all the things people do; and then see that person involved in parish ministry or, say, at Bible study? I am not looking to change priest confessors; he is very good and helpful. But I am wondering if there is ever a point when confession stops being humiliating, or if that is just part of the nature of the sacrament that I need to get used to? -M.W.<\/address>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC<\/p>\n<p>A: It might sound odd, but priests sometimes feel closer to penitents and care for them more deeply, precisely because they have had the chance to impart God\u2019s mercy to those souls.<\/p>\n<p>That someone approaches a priest for confession is indeed a humbling experience \u2013 for the priest! Priests are sinners too. They know what other people go through. 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He was an assistant publisher of the National Catholic Register and Faith &amp; Family magazine and an editor of the Zenit news agency\u2019s English edition. He has written for\u00a0SpiritualDirection.com\u00a0and\u00a0ePriest. Fr. McIlmail also worked in spiritual retreats in the Northeast, New England, the Midwest, and the South\u00a0and assisted with mission work in Mexico. Born in Philadelphia, he worked in journalism and was active in the pro-life movement before entering the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in 1992. 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