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EcceNovaFacioOmni

I went to confession today and it went fine until the absolution. It sounded totally normal until the priest said "May God grant you pardon and peace and..." I know that the priest must say "[i]I[/i] absolve you..., etc." The problem is, he said it a bit quickly and I could not tell if he said "I" or not. He may have meshed it onto the "absolve." He either said "grant you pardon and peace and absolve..." (incorrect), or he said ""grant you pardon and peace and [i]I[/i] absolve..." (correct). I have gone to confession with this priest before and I have never noticed him change it before, but then again I do not always pay close attention (my confessions are a dramatic experience for me :rolleyes: so I am kind of in ecstasy after I finish confessing...). I went to mass afterwards and did not receive the Eucharist because of my doubt. The same priest was the celebrant and he did not seem unorthodox, I think there was some improvising, but nothing I would call the diocese about.

I am confused as to what to do. I can make it to three confession times per week, and this is the only anonymous one.

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Don't worry. In the event of a "mistake" by the priest the "Church supplies" In other words because of your good faith, the Church "makes up" for the supposed mistake or otherwise of the priest.

In the "old" days when priests had to have faculties to hear confession in each diocese, if someone came up to me and wanted their confession heard but I did not have faculties (permission) then the church supplied the necessary forgiveness because of the goof faith of the penitent

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