Confession with Fr. Michael Scanlan

I went to Confession for the first time here on campus tonight and holy crap...It was AMAZING!!! We have Confession 4 times a week on campus and tonight I went to Fr. Michael Scanlan, who is pretty famous. He's currently the chancellor of the university, but used to be the president, he's published like a billion books, etc. He's just an amazing guy. Patrick, the youth minister of my church, told me to find him sometime and talk to him. Patrick said that when Fr. Michael looks into your eyes, it's like he looks into your soul. I felt tonight that Fr. Michael knew what was in my heart and soul. It was an incredible experience. I confessed to him my sins and he looked at me in the eye and said "I can tell you've truly felt God's mercy before and that's what you want more than anything, isn't it?" I told him that's exactly what I want and need. He then absolved me from my sins and as I was about to get up, he put his hand on my shoulder and asked me to wait a minute. He then placed his hand on my head and prayed a beautiful blessing over me. Tonight was one of the best Confessions ever. God's given me a clean slate, and I'm going to do my best to keep it clean.