Confession is the "unloved sacrament." The reasons for this largely lie in its common, often formalistic practice. Silja Walter demonstrates in her spiritual diary how much this practice contradicts the spirit of the sacrament. It is not about moral propriety, but about self-examination of one's own path. The measure for this is Jesus, the Lord. In twelve central biblical passages, she meditates on his life and work: here she finds her mirror for confession and, above all, a new, viable approach to the sacrament of penance that can also be accessible to readers.