Another question about Reconciliation

  • Thread starter Thread starter TCamp0
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
T

TCamp0

Guest
Okay, so I had been away from Reconciliation for a long time in college and wasn’t living in a Holy way. I got married and realized during our baptism party for my second daughter that I was in grave sin and never confessed past sins before I married my husband and just wasn’t in a good place with God.

I went to reconciliation and last night I felt that my questions about the validity of that reconciliation were justified.

But at the time I was really anxious and didn’t know if I was truly absolved because of a lot of anxiety I was feeling and had never experienced before.

Now, I am looking back in time and wondering if a really serious sin I now remember today was before or after this post-daughter-Baptism-reconciliation, because I am afraid I wasn’t forgiven from it already and I feel guilty and can’t remember.

During one of my times in reconciliation I opened up to the priest about an experience I had confessing a grave sin to God in the shower before going to reconciliation. I felt very close to Him.

The dilemma I keep having now is, do I have to repeat this “shower experience” each time before reconciliation to feel close to God?

My husband is a new catholic and the whole thing is wigging him out, and I have two little ones to care for.

I just want to be close to Christ, make satisfaction for what I’ve done to hurt him, and be a good wife and mom.

Does anyone have experiences like this? I know it’s very specific to my life but I’m just looking for a little peace. Am I scrupulous?
 
Confession isn’t about feelings. Even our relationship to God isn’t about feeling close to him. Faith is an act of the will. We must choose to believe, to act on belief. We don’t have to feel anything. Sometimes we will, sometimes we won’t.

You don’t have feel close to God to go to Confession. At the end of the day, feelings have nothing to do with it. Go to confession regularly, confess your sins, and don’t worry about how you feel.

-Fr ACEGC
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top