Last weekend, my son went to confession for the first time.
Anytime your kids receive the sacraments, it’s a unique opportunity to re-approach them yourself. You think about your own journey—the mistakes you made, the ways you drifted, the times you wandered off.
And you pray your kids will do better.
The reality is, after his confession, even though he’s now officially in a state of grace without sin, I know he won’t always stay there.
I can’t pray that he never sins again.
My prayer for him is simpler than that: that he always comes back to the sacrament of confession.
That when he falls—and he will fall—he doesn’t stay down. He gets back up. He goes back to confession.
The same is true for each of us.
What the Lord desires isn’t that we never fall. It’s that we always come back.
That’s the heart of the sacrament. Not perfection. Return.
Not “I’ll never sin again.” But “When I do, I’ll come back.”
The door is always open.
The only question is: will you come back?
If it’s been a while since your last confession, just go back. That’s all. Just go back.
The Lord isn’t waiting for you to be perfect before you return. He’s just waiting for you to return.
Let us pray.
Lord, thank You that the door to confession is always open. Help us come back when we fall. Give us the humility to return and the faith to believe You’re waiting for us. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Keep fighting the good fight. Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.
