How to: re-discover your true self (and let go of judgement)
The Last Judgement -- Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore Duomo, Florence, Italy "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned." I said these words while staring down at my folded hands, clasped together nervously. My knees were shaking as I breathed in the stale air of the tiny, wood paneled confessional with the red carpet. My chair creaked. I chose to sit across from the priest, looking into his kind face as he smiled at me. "What would you like to confess, Kristina?" Fr. Litzau was a kind, generous man. He was soft spoken and had a gentle way of being. He knew me already. I had started singing for church masses when I was 7 years old, leading the entire liturgy in song. He always had thanked me after Mass and this gratitude stuck with me for the previous 3 years. Today, in parochial school, for religion class during Lent, we had "group reconciliation" -- where instead of class, we all came to confess our sins. While there were a number of priests available