Confession And Re-confessing...

[TeresaBenedicta]

I went to confession today... and the priest only allowed me to confess one sin before giving me my penance and having me say the act of contrition. Luckily I had confessed my most serious sin first; the others I wanted to confess were not of grave matter, but I still wanted to confess them. None of that is really anything other than a wee bit frustrating-- I know that my venial sins are forgiven without having to confess them... but here's where I'm a bit unsure...

I don't remember if the priest gave me absolution. I know, I know, I don't know how I can not remember. The priest was old and he gave me quite the scolding after I confessed my first sin. I remember saying my act of contrition, but I honestly don't remember if he gave me absolution. My mind and heart was so focused on feeling even worse for the sin I had committed that when I got back to my pew, not only did I not really "feel" (although, again, that's not really the most important thing in the sacrament) forgiven, I was unsure whether or not I had been given absolution. I don't remember hearing the words of absolution, or crossing myself at the end. Normally I wouldn't even question it-- but, like I said, this priest was old. He only allowed one sin to be confessed, and I've had to remind him once before to give absolution.

What should I do? I don't want to be overly scrupulous but... I also don't want to be walking around with my soul still in the state of mortal sin, nor do I want to receive Holy Communion unworthily. Should I attempt to reconfess, telling my confessor of what happened during my last confession?

[Noel's angel]

You'll probably just worry if you don't, so personally, I would go again. However, if there is no opportunity to confess again before receiving Communion, I would still receive.
I'm shocked that a priest would only let you confess one thing and then shout at you.

[thessalonian]

I highly recommend you dont go back to him for confession. If it were me I would write the Bishop on this one, though it's a difficult one because he can't discuss it himself. But I would think the Bishop would be interested. He cannot limit what you confess. That is seriously wrong. He may well have forgotten to give you absolution considering the nature of this confession. One of the worst stories I have heard.

I would not be concerned personally if I were you. You did your best. Certainly I would go to the confession at the first opportunity however just to give you peace of mind. But I wouldn't be concerned about the state of your soul.

God bless

[QuoteMan]

If the matter bothers you enough, go and re-confess. If you don't, you'll just feel like you have unaddressed sins to deal with. When you go to confession, it clears your body of sins, and it clears your mind of worry. To me, the obvious choice is to go back to confession. However, like mentioned earlier in this topic: go to another preist.

[SponsaChristi]

I know how you feel because it also happened to me - a few weeks ago.
I re-confessed because I felt it was necessary. I "felt" it somehow in prayer! Just had to do it because when there is something wrong in my relationship with HIM I tend to just give it to HIM - he will make everything allright!