 I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Where do I get that right? I mean, I got to go to confession. I go to confession, ask God to forgive my sins through the ministry of another priest. I can't look in the mirror and say, I forgive me. No, I have to go to confession. So where do I get off doing that? If I need a confessor, how can I be a confessor? He has given this authority to men. Now, the big word here is authority. What does authority mean?