Priest during my confession

[Lady Bug]

I usually don't make two threads at once on a given day, I'm kind of struggling about a priest. My mind likes to work overtime, no doubt about it but I keep wondering what was going on in my priest's head as I was confessing to him a couple of days ago. I'm someone who does not confess well when the priest is looking right at me. That can be solved by going behind the screen, but I found it pointless because it was a one-on-one session that I asked for my priest after Mass.

I felt embarrassed because during my confession I felt that I couldn't look at him without smiling or my eyes lighting up. I tried to look away from him during confession but I was worried it would look rude. I should have asked him if he could look away from me when I was confessing, because based on my behavior, he might have sensed that I was attracted to him (which I hate to say it, I kind of am, but luckily I don't see him often). He has this gleam in his eye all the time, and I can't tell if he was simply looking at me because he felt it was common sense to make eye contact, or if his countenance signified that he thought I was a dork for smiling at him, or if he thought less of me for my sins (that would hurt, kind of).

He has, most likely, forgotten all about my confession and is busy doing his own thing, as I type, but I'm the overthinker here.

I just realized, a third thread is in the making but it's not so serious of a subject matter.

 

[RileyG]

It's ok. Priests have probably heard hundred of thousands of confessions, I doubt he will think less of you or think you are rude if you looked away. Remember, he is there to help your soul.

God bless you!

 

[FaithT]

It's ok. Priests have probably heard hundred of thousands of confessions, I doubt he will think less of you or think you are rude if you looked away. Remember, he is there to help your soul.

God bless you!

I agree.

 

[RamiC]

Priests in my church confess their own sins (to another Priest). I assume Catholics do the same?

 

[RileyG]

Priests in my church confess their own sins (to another Priest). I assume Catholics do the same?

Yes.

 

[RamiC]

Yes.

They know how it feels then. In case the OP did not think of that.

 

[Gnarwhal]

I usually don't make two threads at once on a given day, I'm kind of struggling about a priest. My mind likes to work overtime, no doubt about it but I keep wondering what was going on in my priest's head as I was confessing to him a couple of days ago. I'm someone who does not confess well when the priest is looking right at me. That can be solved by going behind the screen, but I found it pointless because it was a one-on-one session that I asked for my priest after Mass.

I felt embarrassed because during my confession I felt that I couldn't look at him without smiling or my eyes lighting up. I tried to look away from him during confession but I was worried it would look rude. I should have asked him if he could look away from me when I was confessing, because based on my behavior, he might have sensed that I was attracted to him (which I hate to say it, I kind of am, but luckily I don't see him often). He has this gleam in his eye all the time, and I can't tell if he was simply looking at me because he felt it was common sense to make eye contact, or if his countenance signified that he thought I was a dork for smiling at him, or if he thought less of me for my sins (that would hurt, kind of).

He has, most likely, forgotten all about my confession and is busy doing his own thing, as I type, but I'm the overthinker here.

I just realized, a third thread is in the making but it's not so serious of a subject matter.

Ya gotta remember priests haven't just heard it all in the confessional, but they've seen every sort of behavior too. They're not going to be thrown by how people behave in the confessional, they know people tend to feel meek or embarrassed or ashamed or any number of other things when they're confessing these things and those feelings give way to all sorts of behavior. So in other words, I'm sure your priest has seen it before and hasn't thought a thing about it since because it's not unusual to him.