Catholics ... Why Go To Confession to a Priest?

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#sjenthiswebelieve Catholics ... Why Go To Confession to a priest? Hey . . .God knows I’m sorry, isn’t that enough? As a Roman Catholic, why do I have to confess my sins to a priest, rather than going directly to God? A quick answer to that question is because that’s the way God asked us to do it.  In James 5:16, God, through Sacred Scripture, commands us to “confess our sins to one another.” You should notice that Scripture does not say confess your sins straight to God and only to God. No ... it says confess your sins to one another. Check out Matthew, chapter 9, verse 6, Jesus tells us that He was given authority on earth to forgive sins. And then Scripture continues by telling us, in verse 8, that this authority was given to “men”…plural. In this "This We Believe" video, Fr. Chris Martin explains why we go to confession to a priest.