This truly, for me, is the most wonderful part of being a priest. That the Lord uses me — a newly ordained, young guy, who has been so lost himself — to bring others home. I have seen the tears and the brokenness. I have spoken the words sometimes unknown to me that have brought healing and hope. I have witnessed the presence of the resurrected Lord when I lay my hands on a penitent’s head and speak those words of absolution.