Confession delayed

[Arkansan]

receive the Eucharist worthily at least once between Ash Wednesday and Trinity Sunday

That’s not correct, it should be during the Easter Season:

Can. 920 §1. After being initiated into the Most Holy Eucharist, each of the faithful is obliged to receive holy communion at least once a year.

§2. This precept must be fulfilled during the Easter season unless it is fulfilled for a just cause at another time during the year.

 

[mythbuster1]

Easter Duty in the United States: http://www.ewtn.com/v/experts/showmessage.asp?number=505869

 

[brian_custer]

just try to get to confession as soon as you can

try not to “sweat the load”

Jesus can read the intentions in your heart

 

[otjm]

If, as you say, you sin often, then it may be likely you are not capable of an act of perfect contrition. You might want to look up what that requires.

Additionally, questions about frequency of confession are best handled by your confessor, not by anonymous people on the internet. I don’t know what your sinning is about, nor do I want to know; but often it is the case that someone who perceives they sin often has an issue of scrupulosity. That is a serious condition and a heavy burden to carry, and confession needs to be done strictly with a confessor, following exactly what he says, and not going to other people about any matters.

And if you have a problem with repeating the same sin over and over and… then you need to speak with your confessor to get a little bit deeper into what is the problem, as it is unusual for people to continually commit serious sins. It may be that you are treating confession as a “get out of jail card”; and/or that you need professional help. no one here can provide that.

 

[opop]

then it may be likely you are not capable of an act of perfect contrition

Isn’t perfect contrition to regret for the sake of the good (because what you have done offenfed God), while imperfect contrition is to regret simply because you fear the punishment (i. e. hell)?

 

[buc_fan33]

This is the problem with immediately turning to Canon Law. Canon Law is important, in and of itself, but it’s not an end all/be all. We’re not a legalistic faith. Our faith is based on the life of grace, not Canon 192 Section 2a, or whatever it may be. The Church exhorts the faithful to confess all mortal sins of which they are conscious at least once a year in kind and in number. But, that’s a bear minimum requirement. The Easter duty is a bear minimum requirement, which, as I understand it, was instituted to combat the heresy of Jansenism. It doesn’t follow that since Canon Law only requires us to receive the Eucharist once a year, we ought not strive to receive our Lord every Sunday, or even every day if possible.

Frequent confession is one of the best remedies for overcoming a habitual sin, whatever it may be. Don’t get discouraged. Just go.

 

[otjm]

From the CCC: Paragraph 1452: “When it arises from a love by which God is loved above all else, contrition is called “perfect” (contrition of charity). Such contrition remits venial sins; it also obtains forgiveness of mortal sins if it includes the firm resolution to have recourse to sacramental confession as soon as possible” (Italics mine)
Paragraph 1453: The contrition called “imperfect” (or “attrition”) is also a gift of God, a prompting of the Holy Spirit. It is born of the consideration of sin’s ugliness or the fear of eternal damnation and the other penalties threatening the sinner (contrition of fear). Such a stirring of conscience can initiate an interior process which, under the prompting of grace, will be brought to completion by sacramental absolution. By itself however, imperfect contrition cannot obtain the forgiveness of grave sins, but it disposes one to obtain forgiveness in the sacrament of Penance.

I would leave it to you and your confessor as to whether or not you have perfect contrition. In readings, over the years, I have seen it repeatedly stressed that many, if not most people do not have such. It is easy for us as individuals to be less than perfectly honest with ourselves - part of what we inherited from Adam and Eve (and if you read again the biblical story of them, you may note they did not have perfect honesty with themselves, and thus with God). I urge caution in what you think.