Fellow Catholics Whats does a priest think of those who cry in Confession?

Hard to say what every Priest would think, but I would guess the majority would be moved to compassion.

The priest is not there to think, but to listen and feel.

Priests have absolutely no problem with people who cry in confession, it is completely natural, ive done it once, and anyhow, he cannot speak of the confession to anyone so he can't really gossip about it.

Ahhh questions like this just make no sense lol no offense. Everyone is an individual and what one person thinks, another may think different. Same as how one priest reacts or feels about somebody crying in a confession booth, would be different to another.

But im sure at the very least there would be a mutual sense of compassion considering the duty of the priest, but to how they totally FEEL, well come on now. Thats subjective Happy Christmas.

I would hope they would be moved to empathy for the confessing soul; it is their job, after all. I can not guarantee that.

The Priest tries to help them the best they can & give them the advice they need. It is really Jesus waiting on us in the Confessional but it is the Priest voice we hear. When I have been at Confession the Priest has given me advice about things & I knew it was from God because it felt like it was Jesus.... it is hard to explain but I just know.

We don't know. NONE of us are mind readers.

If you get a good priest, they will more than likely just try to comfort you. In confession a priest isn't there to judge BUT help you overcome your problem. And absolve you, of course (John 20:23).

Btw, no where in the bible does it say to confess your sins only to God. Coming from people who claim Sola Scriptura, they sure haven't read the Holy Scriptures. It disproves itself.

To be honest, unless you're telling him something really juicy, he's probably rolling his eyes and looking at his watch.

Most would be moved with compassion. For those that say cofession is not biblical please read your bibles again and stop using such sites as jackchick to prove the bible wrong it doesn't work As Catholic Christians we actually do what Jesus commands Jesus entrusted his Church with the power of forgiving sins through this most wonderful sacrament. The priest is simply the one who acts in persona Christi (in the person of Christ) in the confessional, but it is our Lord who forgives our sins.

The priest grants absolution (sets us free from our sins) using the power Jesus entrusted to his Church. It is through Christ, however, that our sins are forgiven. We confess to a priest because that is the way Jesus instituted the sacrament.It is at his command that we confess to one another.

When we sin against the Father our sins also affect our Christian family. Confessing sins to a priest is something that was a universal practice and never debated in the Early Church. Jesus himself was able to heal not only the physically sick, but the spiritually sick as well.

Christ had the power to forgive sins (see Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:5-12). He passed on that power to forgive sins in his name to his Apostles."Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again, I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father.

" (Matthew 18:18-19) "Peace be with you.As the Father has sent me, so I sent you. " And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained." (John 20:21-23) Jesus entrusted his Church with the power of forgiving sins through this most wonderful sacrament.

The priest is simply the one who acts in persona Christi (in the person of Christ) in the confessional, but it is our Lord who forgives our sins. The priest grants absolution (sets us free from our sins) using the power Jesus entrusted to his Church.It is through Christ, however, that our sins are forgiven. We do give our confession to God, thru the priest.

As stated above the priest is the one who acts in persona Christi(in the person of Christ) Reconciliation (also known as Confession and Penance): Penance is a Sacrament in which the sins committed after Baptism are forgiven. Biblical references: Matt 9:2-8; Jn 20:22-23; 2 Cor 5:17-20; James 5:13-16; Matt 18:18; 1 Jn 5:16 Catholic Christian †.

I'm a Greek Orthodox Christian, but I'll add my two cents' worth. I think a priest sees tears as a sign of sincerity. Our Confession is a little different from the Catholic Christian Confession, but I've never confessed to a priest who didn't do his best to also council.

The extent of the ignorance shown in the Protestant Christian answers here is amazing, coming from people who claim they read the Bible.

We can't guess what another person thinks. Some might feel compassion, some sympathy, maybe some find it annoying...who knows.

The catholic religion is a cult my dear your going to hell your supposed to pray to jesus and not to mary and as far as confessing your sins to another human being you confess that to god and repent for it in a prayer.

This one's totally brainwashed. She'll be back every week putting money in the offering plate.

I'm not catholic but: That he has power over you! For the Bible tells us to confess ONLY to God!

It's silly! In the Bible stories, before God the Son Jesus Christ had a chance to be crucified, he is forgiving some random sins as free samples of his sin forgiving power! The sinners were not asking for any forgiveness!

At the same time Jesus was teaching people to forgive each other sins! Mark 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven. " Luke 7:47 Therefore, I tell you* (*NO BULL CRAP!) her many sins have been forgiven for she loved much…* (she was a good Prostitute!

) Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do* (*and the Father, of course, rushed to forgive the Roman soldiers who were not asking any forgiveness, either) == It seems unfair to Christians who still question if any these sinners were truly forgiven because Jesus was not crucified yet. Jesus was teaching everybody to forgive people their offenses* (*sins) 70 times 7, but on a PERSONAL level, Jesus NEVER forgave anybody’s sin like disagreeing with him, or betraying him, or not obeying him, or for striking him on his cheek. Luke 19:27 But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me* (*never mind their cries for mercy) Matthew 26:24 But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man!

It would be better for him if he had not been born* (*Jesus Christ wished THE BEST for Saint Judas Iscariot, he ought to have been aborted…! And the Hell with the crucifixion!) Matthew 11:20-24 …But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the Day of Judgment than for you* (*Jews disobeying Jesus’ good news) John 18:23 "If I said something wrong," Jesus replied, "testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?

"* (*there is room here for an extra punch line, spiritually speaking, of course) Matthew 5:39 But I* (*Jesus) tell you* (*bull crapping, as usual) DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also* (*Jesus Christ is obviously not following his own teaching, hence it is unfair for atheists to blame Christians for not following Holy Jesus’ footsteps, when in reality they do! ).

Fellow human being, they probably need to see a professional counselor with a degree.

It depends on the priest each one is different with some being more compassionate and understanding than others. Some priest are nice and others can be so mean that you’ll never want to set foot in a Catholic church again. I personally confess directly to God.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.