Jesus_lol Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) [quote name='eagle_eye222001' date='14 October 2009 - 11:37 AM' timestamp='1255541835' post='1985178'] [color="#000080"] These two threads should answer your question.[/color] [url="http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=19886"]http://forums.cathol...ead.php?t=19886[/url] [url="http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=115347"]http://forums.cathol...ad.php?t=115347[/url] [/quote] so thats a no. well poo. i was looking forward to that. and i was wondering, lets say i did become catholic and went to confession, would i have to remembers all the various sins i have commited in the past 21 years? I'm pretty sure that priest would have to eat drink and sleep at some point before that was over. Edited October 16, 2009 by Jesus_lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 [quote name='Jesus_lol' date='16 October 2009 - 11:55 AM' timestamp='1255708515' post='1986448'] so thats a no. well poo. i was looking forward to that. and i was wondering, lets say i did become catholic and went to confession, would i have to remembers all the various sins i have commited in the past 21 years? I'm pretty sure that priest would have to eat drink and sleep at some point before that was over. [/quote] Well technically if you've been baptised in the Trinitarian Formula (Which I would think would be the case in the Church of Christ) it would be more like since you were baptised for the various sins. I felt the same way about my First Confession and despite typing out a three page list (covering between my baptism and then), it was over in like 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 And all you have to do is your best to remember, Nick. I like to add at the end, "For these, and any sins I might have forgotten, I am truly sorry." As long as you try to remember everything and don't purposely hide anything, it's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Therese Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Anyone had a priest laugh at you during confession? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bone _ Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 [quote name='Saint Therese' date='18 October 2009 - 12:46 PM' timestamp='1255891592' post='1987354'] Anyone had a priest laugh at you during confession? [/quote] Like laugh at what you did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Therese Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 [color="#FFA500"]Yes. Or maybe laugh just laugh at something else you said in the confessional. I'm just wondering..[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Saint Therese' date='18 October 2009 - 02:46 PM' timestamp='1255891592' post='1987354'] Anyone had a priest laugh at you during confession? [/quote] Yep, a day I had to go into a crawlspace at the house beforehand. That crawlspace has terrified me since I was old enough to stand and some mail fell into it... The new priest in residence laughed when I told him about it and went, "and that Fr. is why I have to confess taking the Lord's name in vain many many times in the past hour". Edit: I got that mail out. Edited October 18, 2009 by BG45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bone _ Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 [quote name='BG45' date='18 October 2009 - 04:07 PM' timestamp='1255903663' post='1987480'] That crawlspace has terrified me since I was old enough to stand and some mail fell into it... [/quote] I, at first, interpreted the mail falling into it as the source of your fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Easy enough given the way I worded it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus_lol Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 ugghh, crawlspaces smell of elderberries. worst job i had was going underneath this guys house and removing(and replacing!) old fiberglass insulation, that his cats had destroyed. the ceiling was at times as low as 2 inches above my face if i was lying flat. was under there for 5 hours. parts of his house were supported by stacks of flat rock. ugggh, so confining and itchy, spiders, eeeeeeeehhh. thankfully i had my music playing so i could just stop and listen for short breaks, keep the sanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 +J.M.J.+ i don't think this is lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommas_boy Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Oh, I've been there, Missy. Just make sure that you keep going back. I know that I often struggle with avoiding confession when I need to confess the same sin. Just go; you know that you feel so much better AFTER confession than before. Going to confession is like skydiving: you may not like jumping out of the plane, but you just jump, and trust that it will all be OK in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 [quote name='mommas_boy' date='19 October 2009 - 01:17 PM' timestamp='1255979842' post='1987921'] Oh, I've been there, Missy. Just make sure that you keep going back. I know that I often struggle with avoiding confession when I need to confess the same sin. Just go; you know that you feel so much better AFTER confession than before. Going to confession is like skydiving: you may not like jumping out of the plane, but you just jump, and trust that it will all be OK in the end. [/quote] +J.M.J.+ until your parachute doesn't open, and your back up parachute fails and you plummet to your death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominicansoul Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Missy, I can honestly say that I have been to confession at least a 1,000 times in my short life. Sometimes I go more than once a week. It's 'cos I'm in a constant spiritual battle with the devil. Going to confession gives me the grace to keep the fight up and not back down. Last week, I went to confession, even when I wasn't particular sorry for my sins. By the time I confessed, I was bawling. You see, God sees our struggles, and He knows our hearts better than we do. He was inspiring me to go, even when I felt like I shouldn't (because we need to be sorry for our sins.) But taking that step, Our Lord saw it fit to give me the grace to actually experience true contrition and sorrow for my sins. Knowing that it is actually Jesus I am speaking to puts me at ease...no matter how embarrassing our sins can be. And knowing that at the words of absolution, Our Lord washes our souls in His Blood gives me the gratitude and the strength I need to "go and sin no more..." Next to Holy Communion, I couldn't live without Confession...thank God for these beautiful Sacraments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcts Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 [quote name='MissyP89' date='14 October 2009 - 09:11 PM' timestamp='1255569082' post='1985586'] Ouch--burned twice! Do you elect to have that, or is it something you have to do for work? Good for you, though--if I knew my priest was watching where I went online, I'd definitely be more...selective. [/quote] me too!!! [quote name='The Bus Station' date='15 October 2009 - 03:57 PM' timestamp='1255636645' post='1985995'] My confession today began like this:: "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned; it has been two days since my last confession." [/quote] i hate when that happens then the next time i go and have to say "it's been 3 days since my last confession, i feel extra lame again for having to go 3 times in 5 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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