True. Even as a catholic, I believe in talking right to the man upstairs, instead of the priest...
In addition, you know that God has forgiven your sins and forgotten them through Confession.
Are you aware of the words of absolution? It's God who forgives your sins, not the priest.
The formula of absolution used in the Latin Church expresses the essential elements of this sacrament: The Father of mercies is the source of all forgiveness. He effects the reconciliation of sinners through the Passover of his Son and the gift of his Spirit, through the prayer and ministry of the Church:
God, the Father of mercies, through the death and the resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins; through the ministry of the Church may God give you pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
And you take Communion?
“Even as a catholic, I believe in talking right to the man upstairs, instead of the priest...”
As you should - as directed in the Bible: “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” 1 Timothy 2:5 No mention of earthly priests. True Christians have the direct line to God, by praying to God in Jesus’ name.