Confession: no Act of Contrition?

[levavi]

I went to Confession today, to a priest I haven’t confessed to before.

He gave me absolution without asking me to make an Act of Contrition…

Is this valid? Is is licit? Is it permitted?

To be on the safe side I uttered under my breath my Act of Contrition as he was giving Absolution - rather more often it is the other way round (which doesn’t bother me). But I was puzzled as I’ve never not been ask to make an Act.

Any views?

 

[whatevergirl]

I went to Confession today, to a priest I haven’t confessed to before.

He gave me absolution without asking me to make an Act of Contrition…

Is this valid? Is is licit? Is it permitted?

To be on the safe side I uttered under my breath my Act of Contrition as he was giving Absolution - rather more often it is the other way round (which doesn’t bother me). But I was puzzled as I’ve never not been ask to make an Act.

Any views?

I have never heard of that, personally…I’ll be interested to hear the feedback. I sometimes need to bring a prayer card with the Act of Contrition prayer on the back because I for some reason, cannot memorize this! But the priest always asks me to recite it …so, that is definitely different. I look forward to learning more about this one.

 

[Cathryn]

My former Pastor would do Confession before Mass and to save time would have us say our Act of Contrition outside the Confessional so he could get everyone done in time. He was an extremely orthodox Dominican.

 

[acadian]

I’ve been told to pray an Act of Contrition when I returned to my pew. It’s acceptable to do it that way. Maybe not preferred, but acceptable.

 

[PhilotheaZ]

For vaidity, it is required that you ***have ***contrition, not necessarily that you recite the Act of Contrition. But you can certainly recite it on your own.

 

[teachccd]

Yeah, not to worry. This does not make the Sacrament illicit as, like the other posters said, this prayer can be said before or after you are in the confessional. This had been done many a time in my surrounding parishes due to the number of penitents…teachccd

 

[Phemie]

I went to Confession today, to a priest I haven’t confessed to before.

He gave me absolution without asking me to make an Act of Contrition…

Is this valid? Is is licit? Is it permitted?

To be on the safe side I uttered under my breath my Act of Contrition as he was giving Absolution - rather more often it is the other way round (which doesn’t bother me). But I was puzzled as I’ve never not been ask to make an Act.

Any views?

I hope it was licit since I don’t recall having had to say an Act of Contrition in confession since about 1990.

 

[Newbie2]

I “froze” during a confession a couple years ago and couldn’t think of one…the priest seemed to understand and said that the very fact that I was there to confess indicated my contrition.

He did strongly suggest that I go to regular confession, though.

 

[Cari]

I’ve also had a priest tell me to say an Act of Contrition after I left the confessional. In my particular case it was confession right before Mass, and Father was trying to make sure he was on time.

 

[puzzleannie]

I went to Confession today, to a priest I haven’t confessed to before.

He gave me absolution without asking me to make an Act of Contrition…

Is this valid? Is is licit? Is it permitted?
?

perfectly valid and licit, nowdays especially when there is crowd waiting for confession, it is common for the priest to tell the individual, or announce to the group, they can say their act of contrition silently during absolution, or afterward with their penance. Most Catholics who have been confessing for a while know the act of contrition is part of their confession, and know to pray it without being told. by the way it does not have to be a memorized formal prayer, (although that is actually easiest) it can be in your own words, or from the psalms (51 for example), as long as it expresses the elements of contrition, repentence, intention for amendment and to do penance, and desire for perfect contrition (out of love for the Lord rather than fear of punishment).