Can I receive communion if I remember a mortal sin I forgot to confess?

[wctulloc]

If I have been going to confession frequently over the past few years, but I just now realized for the first time that there is a mortal sin that I have forgotten to confess. Because I had this realization, have I fallen out of a state of grace? What is the Church’s teaching on these kind of realizations?

I know that when we make our confession, we ask for forgiveness for all the sins we have mentioned, as well as the ones that we have committed that we may have forgotten to mention. Since I asked for that forgiveness multiple times in the past, including the last time I went to confession, is that sin which I forgot to confess forgiven? Or by the realization that I had forgotten to confess this, have I now lost my state of grace? Obviously I will be going to confession as soon as I can to confess this, but in the meantime am I allowed to receive the Eucharist?

Any help or insight on this question would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Fr.Charles_Grondin]

Baltimore Catechism:

Q. 793. Is our Confession worthy if, without our fault, we forget to confess a mortal sin?

A. If without our fault we forget to confess a mortal sin, our Confession is worthy, and the sin is forgiven; but it must be told in Confession if it again comes to our mind.

Q. 794. May a person who has forgotten to tell a mortal sin in confession go to Holy Communion before going again to confession?

A. A person who has forgotten to tell a mortal sin in confession may go to communion before again going to confession, because the forgotten sin was forgiven with those confessed, and the confession was good and worthy.

You simply need to confession the mortal sin you had forgotten the next time you go to confession. You can continue to receive the Eucharist until you are able to go to confession. You did not fall out of grace, the sin was forgiven.