{"id":230019,"date":"2026-06-13T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/?p=230019"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:17:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:17:56","slug":"yo-me-confieso-pagina-web-para-un-buen-examen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/yo-me-confieso-pagina-web-para-un-buen-examen\/","title":{"rendered":"I confess, the website that helps you to make a good examination of conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are people who have not gone to confession for many years. Others want to do it, but do not know where to start. The website I confess<\/strong> has arrived to help us. Some people are afraid, ashamed or simply feel that they \u201cno longer remember\u201d what it was like and what they should do. And then there are those who confess frequently, but have fallen into a kind of routine where they always say the same thing, almost by rote, without stopping too long to review their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the midst of this reality, a simple, direct and very current digital proposal appears: yomeconfieso.es<\/a>, a website designed to help you prepare well for the sacrament of Confession. But who is behind this initiative? A priest, of course, Don Javier Sanchez-Cervera, creator also of the famous audios, ten minutes with Jesus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The website is not intended to replace the priest, nor to turn the sacrament into something digital. Its objective is much simpler and, precisely for that reason, interesting: to accompany the person before going to confession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it does so with a friendly, uncomplicated language and a very intuitive dynamic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I confess, the tool for those who do not know how to go to confession<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many Catholics remember learning to go to confession as children, before First Communion. The problem is that the years go by and, if one moves away from the practice of the sacrament, a fairly common feeling returns: \u201cI don't know how to do it\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Javier, creator of the website yomeconfieso.es.
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The website is clearly designed to respond to this situation. From the beginning it conveys the feeling that no one is judging you. It does not use overly technical or moralizing language.<\/strong> It seems more like someone who accompanies you step by step to help you do something important: to look at your life with sincerity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This approach is probably one of the great successes of the project. Because today many people do not reject Confession out of rebellion against the faith. Sometimes they simply feel blocked, insecure or disconnected. They have lost the habit. They do not remember the formulas. They don't know what to say. Or they think that their sins \u201care always the same\u201d and that there is no point in going back. The web tries to break precisely that initial barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The examination of conscience: clear, visual and very human<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most interesting part of the experience is the interactive self-examination offered by the website. Instead of offering a long text to read, it proposes different themes related to daily life. The user marks whether he\/she falls a lot, regularly, a little or not at all on each one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here is something important: it does not focus only on the \u201cmost scandalous\u201d sins. The list includes a wide variety of issues: not praying; superstition or missing Mass; blasphemy, pride, disobedience, bad answers, hatred, anger, criticism, gossip, bullying<\/em>, xenophobia, drugs, gluttony, pornography, impurity, sex; theft, greed, materialism, selfishness, laziness, lying, envy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The approach is striking because it mixes traditionally recognized sins with others that are very present in today's life, especially among young people and adults: speaking ill of others, living obsessed with material things, normalizing the consumption of pornography or falling into dynamics of hatred and aggression in social networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That makes the exam not seem abstract or disconnected from reality. The web manages to ground sin in concrete situations of daily life. And that is important, because many times the problem is not that a person does not want to go to confession, but that he does not even identify certain attitudes as something that is hurting him spiritually or personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it doesn't just ask questions: it also helps to reflect<\/strong>. After sorting these topics according to frequency, the site proposes to start a guided chat. Before starting, a simple message appears to prepare the user: \u201cLet's go with the questions about the list you have ordered before.<\/strong>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there, questions related to the previously marked topics appear. The user must answer if he\/she has fallen into it many times, some times, few times or never.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The system is progressive: you answer a question and the next one appears. This makes the exam much more dynamic than a traditional checklist. But, above all, it helps you to stop. Because one of the most difficult things today is precisely that: to stop and review one's life calmly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A young man listening to the priest's advice after confession.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We live surrounded by noise, screens, rushing and constant distractions. It has been a long time since many people have spent ten minutes sincerely asking themselves how they are living. The web yomeconfieso.es<\/strong>, without dramatization, forces us to do a little bit of this inner exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confession does not begin at the confessional<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most interesting messages this tool conveys is that a good confession begins before entering the church. It begins when you decide to be honest with yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The examination of conscience is more than \u201cmaking a list of sins\u201d. It is to search the heart. Detecting habits. To discover wounds. To recognize attitudes that perhaps had been normalized. And here the web has a lot of pastoral value, because it helps especially people who:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • They have not gone to confession for years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • They never learned how to do it well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • They feel ashamed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • They are afraid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • They believe that God cannot forgive them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Or they think that \u201cthere is no point in going back\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    It can also be of great help to those who do go to confession regularly, but have turned the sacrament into something automatic. It is relatively frequent to fall into the feeling that \u201cI always confess the same thing\u201d. And, in part, it is true: we all have tendencies, defects and recurrent falls. But sometimes that makes us stop looking at other areas of our life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Perhaps one is preoccupied with certain specific sins and, in the meantime, has completely neglected prayer, charity, family treatment, pride, selfishness or the way one speaks of others. Yomeconfieso.es proposes to broaden the focus. It makes the person look again at his whole life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A particularly useful aid for young people<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Another interesting aspect is the language. Everything is presented in a very visual, simple and direct way. It does not look like a page written years ago. Nor does it use excessively complicated or moralizing expressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This makes it much easier to connect with young people or people far from the Church. Because many times the problem is not the Christian content, but the way of communicating it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In this case, the experience is similar to a guided conversation. The person advances step by step, without pressure, almost as if someone were accompanying him personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Moreover, the structure is somewhat reminiscent of dynamics that today are part of everyday digital life: answering questions, interacting, moving through screens, receiving personalized accompaniment.... And that makes it familiar even to those who do not have much religious training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Before going to confession: practical aids<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    When the questioning process is over, the website does not limit itself to displaying a list. It also offers concrete help to better prepare for the sacrament. This detail is important because many people still have practical doubts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • How to get started.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • What to say.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • What to do if there is nervousness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • How to count sins.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • What happens if they forget something.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • How a confession actually unfolds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      The web tries to respond to all of this in a natural way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Finally, it shows a kind of guide or orientative conversation on how to begin the confession with the priest and presents the list of sins that the person has identified during the examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      It does not replace the actual dialogue with the confessor, but it does remove some of the initial fear. And that, for many people, can make the difference between taking the step or continuing to postpone it indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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