Confession after mass

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A priest told me you can receive Communion as long as you go to confession immediately after. Is this true? I thought if you were in mortal sin you needed to go first to confession. Thanks!
 
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as long as you go to confession immediately after.
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This isn’t necessarily true. I’d say the vast majority of Catholics don’t go to Confession right after Communion. However, it’s not a bad idea, provided the priest offers it.

If this is a question about mortal sin, though, you MUST go to Confession ASAP and you mustn’t receive Communion until you do. The priest didn’t say this regarding mortal sin, did he?
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if you were in mortal sin you needed to go first to confession
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EZweber said:
No. There may be exeptionall circumstances, but you must be in a state of grace to receive the Eucharist.
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Correct. A while back I was in line for confession, but the priest had to stop to say Mass. He gave all of us a dispensation to receive Communion and said he will be available after Mass to hear our confessions. That is an example of “exceptional circumstances”.
 
That statement is not always true. You can go after Communion as long as you are in the state of grace, if you committed a mortal sin, you have to go to confession.
 
David98 said:
Hello!

A priest told me you can receive Communion as long as you go to confession immediately after. Is this true?
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From my understanding, this is not true. As others have said, you need to be in a state of grace in order to receive communion. Your priest, no matter how well intentioned his advice was, is incorrect and you shouldn’t follow his view on this.
 
David98 said:
A priest told me you can receive Communion as long as you go to confession immediately after. Is this true? I thought if you were in mortal sin you needed to go first to confession. Thanks!
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David you may have scruples if you are questioning the answer the Priest gave you. Please discuss this with your Priest and not people on the internet. As you see there are a variety of answers here that are likely to mess with a scrupulous person’s mindset.
 
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Is it possible you are misunderstanding your priest? A person may receive if there is an emergency and no opportunity to confess as long as when safe, one confesses as the earliest possible time. Other than EXTREME circumstances, if one has mortal sin, one needs to confess BEFORE communion.
 
The case here appears to be a history of potential scruples. We do not have all the information on this. WE cannot preempt the advice a Priest gives one whose soul is in his charge.
 
I’m not going to go through the OP’s history in an attempt to diagnose him, but my point was that it’s not unreasonable to question what a priest tells you. Further, if this priest has provided incorrect information to him before, he then has even more reason to confirm.

This particular case is not a matter of scrupules. Scrupulosity would be asking if missing a decade of the rosary is a mortal sin. The question in this thread is a valid concern, scrupulosity or not.
 
A person can’t receive the Eucharist in mortal sin in any ordinary circumstance.
 
Or we can profile somebody because of a few past posts 😄

The question is perfectly reasonable and the answer is more-or-less straightforward.
 
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I always do if the question sounds scrupulous. If there is a history my reply is ask your Priest. If no history then I might further answer the person making the thread. We are told not to give those with scruples or potential scruples any more worries. The Priest on this forum constantly asks people not to engage on these type of threads.
If the profile is private, then I won’t answer at all if I even question the question.

If in doubt, don’t.
 
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EZweber:
No. There may be exeptionall circumstances, but you must be in a state of grace to receive the Eucharist.
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Correct. A while back I was in line for confession, but the priest had to stop to say Mass. He gave all of us a dispensation to receive Communion and said he will be available after Mass to hear our confessions. That is an example of “exceptional circumstances”.
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That is not an exceptional circumstance. There is no requirement to receive for the faithful, only for the priest, therefore no grave reason.

CIC (Latin Canon Law)
Can. 916 Anyone who is conscious of grave sin may not celebrate Mass or receive the Body of the Lord without previously having been to sacramental confession, unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition, which includes the resolve to go to confession as soon as possible.
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David98 said:
A priest told me you can receive Communion as long as you go to confession immediately after. Is this true? I thought if you were in mortal sin you needed to go first to confession. Thanks!
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It is not true. You must be in a state of grace to receive.
 
What you nor I know is what has been said in the confessional.

Are you familiar with scrupulosity? Not about this poster, but, in general people who suffer may told by their Confessor to receive communion in this circumstance.

Please, do not override a priest in this matter. You may make it worse, and reverse the ground that has been gained by this Priest toward recovery for the poster.
 
I’m a little puzzled. No one is required to receive communion at every Mass or at any particular Mass. One can always wait until after going to confession. So I don’t see the need for an exception or special waiver.
 
If you are in a state of mortal sin you should not receive communion. So, no, you do not receive communion and then go to confession afterwards. You must go to confession first and receive absolution.

If the only sins you have on your conscience are venial sins you can receive communion.

It is important to remember that receiving communion at Mass is not mandatory. Therefore, if you go to Mass but have not had the opportunity to go to confession beforehand you should not receive communion if you know you have unabsolved mortal sins on your conscience.

Because receiving communion at Mass is not a requirement the fact you could not get to confession first or that the priest has not got time to hear confessions does not create exceptional circumstances.
 
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