a confession question.

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i asked this question to my RCIA teacher and he gave an answer but i don’t really understand. what sins do you have to go to confession for? i know it’s mortal sins and those are the ten commandments but it seems like there are other things than coveting your neighbors wife or disobeying your parents, etc… can anyone be more specific? is there something i can read? thanks a million.
 
xmydreamsfadex said:
i asked this question to my RCIA teacher and he gave an answer but i don’t really understand. what sins do you have to go to confession for? i know it’s mortal sins and those are the ten commandments but it seems like there are other things than coveting your neighbors wife or disobeying your parents, etc… can anyone be more specific? is there something i can read? thanks a million.
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The catechism has a whole section on the ten commandments which goes into detail about the types of things that constitute ‘grave matter’ and thus are potentially mortal sins. You can find the catechism online here.

Apart from that I’ll plug my favourite examination of conscience guide by Fr Robert Altier, which is also online here.
 
xmydreamsfadex said:
i asked this question to my RCIA teacher and he gave an answer but i don’t really understand. what sins do you have to go to confession for? i know it’s mortal sins and those are the ten commandments but it seems like there are other things than coveting your neighbors wife or disobeying your parents, etc… can anyone be more specific? is there something i can read? thanks a million.
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As well as describing your bad actions you can also say what sort of person you are. We tend to think of sin as a specific event, such as treading on the cat’s tail. Failing to retread the cat’s scratching post on Tuesday because you had a work meeting to attend wouldn’t be a sin, Neither would buying a tin of cheap cat food instead of Wiskas. However taken as a whole all these could add up to a neglectful and ungenerous attitude to the cat.
 
Malcolm_McLean said:
As well as describing your bad actions you can also say what sort of person you are. We tend to think of sin as a specific event, such as treading on the cat’s tail. Failing to retread the cat’s scratching post on Tuesday because you had a work meeting to attend wouldn’t be a sin, Neither would buying a tin of cheap cat food instead of Wiskas. However taken as a whole all these could add up to a neglectful and ungenerous attitude to the cat.
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Since one of my cats is diabetic, then I guess I would have to confess if I fed her any high-carb foods. 👍
 
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