Frequent confession is the cause of great good to the soul, because it purifies it, heals it, and confirms it in the service of God: we ought not therefore to omit confession on our fixed days for any business whatsoever; but go to confession first, and to business afterwards, and the first will help the last.
When we go to confession, we ought to persuade ourselves to find Jesus Christ in the person of our confessor. St. Philip Neri