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| Confession of past sins? | Jon | Thursday, September 9, 2004 |
Question: If I have committed sin "A" 5 years, during a time when I wasn't receiving confession regularly, and then, once I'd been going to confession regularly committed sin "A" again and confessed it... do I need to confess it twice? To further clarify: I commit a sin in the past... later, I commit the same sin and confess it with that recent sin in mind. But because the sins are more or less the same thing... Do I need to, now that I remember, confess the past sin? Basically... I said in the confessional "I did X" with event A in mind... but I also did X during event B. Event B has never been confessed (it would have been numerous times if I'd remembered tho)... SOOO do I need to confess it? Thanks ;) |
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| Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM+
Dear Jon: When the priest gives absolution all sins are forgiven, even those which are forgotten. But, if a mortal sin of the past comes to memory, then bring that to confession. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum
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