It shows that you are humble and you aren't a Pharisee.
By confession and genuinely repenting for your sins.
In the Roman Catholic sacrament of confession, you confess your sins to a priest.
Confession.
When you admit your sins to a priest it is called a confession. Some say it is better to confess your sins to a higher power so that it is only between you and them.
Mortal sins can only be forgiven in the sacrament of penance or with an act of perfect contrition with the resolve to go to confession as soon as possible. Venial sins can be forgiven with an act of imperfect or perfect contrition, reception of the Holy Eucharist, use of a sacramental, after death.
it means confessing your sins
Confession
Yes, the sacrament of penance is one of the seven sacraments of the Episcopal Church. However, it is not obligatory. The general rule is: Non must go to Confession, some should go, and all may. It is done two ways. One is by saying a specific confession of sins prayer all together with the priest as part of the service; There is also private confession, which one goes to the Priest privately and confesses their sins and receives absolution. This is what most people think of when they think of 'confession'. We also believe all of your individual sins you should deal with God on your own time and be truly and humbly penitent and then be forgiven.
No, We confess our sins to God directly.
God forgives their sins in the same way as He forgives the sins of Muslims or Buddhists or Hindus or... He forgives them if they repent. As Jews are not Catholics (or Orthodox), they cannot go to confession.
* Examine your conscience thoroughly * Be sincerely sorry for your sins * Confess your sins to the best of your ability * Resolve to amend your life * After your confession, do the penance the priest gives you
Confession reconciles a sinning person to God. Repentance means making amends and demonstrating remorse for sins.