Are there limitations to reconciliation within this context?

[SAINThoodSEEKER]

I have always heard and read that if one commits a sin and forgets to confess it, the individual should confess it at his or her next participation in the sacrament of reconciliation. My question is, can this person licitly receive Holy Communion in the meantime if the sin was grave after first realizing that the sin was forgotten? I know it sounds strange that a practicing Catholic would forget commiting mortal sin, but every so often I instantaneously recall unconfessed sins that pre-date my conversion that may fit all the criteria of being grave and I am wondering if it is wrong to recieve Jesus in the meantime if I intend on confessing them ASAP. Peace and blessings.

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Hi,

Whenever on receives absolution all of ones sins are forgive, even the ones that one has forgotten–so long as one is not deliberately holding anything back. If one has gone to Confession and then later remembers an un-confessed mortal sin from the past, that sin has been forgiven. One is to mention it at the next Confession only as an expression of sorrow and repentance. Since the sin has been forgiven, one may receive Holy Communion in the interim.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.