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All this week I have been attempting to get to confession. The one day I went and was praying in church when they said confession was cancelled. So I took the bus about thirty-five minutes to a church that has confession every day. Anyway, I said my confession and received my penance. But while I was praying my penance and reflecting on the forgiveness I had been given, I remembered I forgot to confess that I was not in a state of grace when I received communion. I totally forgot about this sin. The day that I received communion I did not know that I shouldn’t have received it. I went to a daily mass before my confession and did not receive communion after I realized I shouldn’t have received it prior to that.

I went back into the confession and told the priest that I had already made my confession and I wanted to confess the sin I remembered before Sunday mass so I could receive communion. He just told me that God knows my sins, and He knows that I am sorry for all of them. He said at the end, God forgives you of this sin. He said to continue my penance that he previously gave me. He didn’t absolve me a second time, so can I still receive communion this Sunday with this said. I am very concerned about this when I should be happy to have been forgiven. Thank you.
 
all your sins are forgiven, including those you forgot to tell. You must accept the teaching about this sacrament and stop second-guessing the priest for your own spiritual health and peace of mind. Even if you did feel there was a problem related to your personal individual confession you would take it to a priest, not here.
 
i don’t agree with what the other poster said. you are new here to the catholic answers forum and are a relatively new catholic.
i think you should feel free to ask whatever you want to ask.
i did not find your question inappropriate for this site, so don’t let that deter you from asking further questions. i was only confirmed 3 1/2 weeks ago. i have only given 1 confession.
 
From what you said, you HONESTLY forgot to confess the sin. If that be true, then it was forgiven with the rest of your sins. The church REQUIRES us to confess forgotten mortal sins and you did this. You did what was required of you. The priest did not have to absolved you a second time because the first absolution took care of it and he was working on the assumption that you did not commit any other mortal sins from the time of your earlier confession.

Sounds to me like all is good 👍
 
A sin is not forgiven unless confessed. I have been in the same predicament as you many times. Even if you do pray and have a good Examination of Conscience prior to Confession, it is quite easy to forget.

I go back to Confession as soon as possible and Confess what I failed to mention and any other sins I have committed since my last Confession.

You MUST confess the sin to be forgiven, especially if it is a Mortal sin.

Many Priests today are very Liberal and have lost sight of the true grace granted during Confession.

God Bless You!

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BloodStaindRose said:
A sin is not forgiven unless confessed.
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You MUST confess the sin to be forgiven, especially if it is a Mortal sin.
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That is incorrect. Official Church teaching clearly states …

… When Christ’s faithful strive to confess all the sins that they can remember, they undoubtedly place all of them before the divine mercy for pardon. But those who fail to do so and knowingly withhold some, place nothing before the divine goodness for remission through the mediation of the priest …


Which means that …

*** “If a penitent genuinely forgets to mention a mortal sin, it is still forgiven by the sacrament. If it is remembered later, however, it should be confessed at the next opportunity by saying, “In my last confession I forgot to mention…” One may continue to receive Holy Communion during this interval.”

***… according to the Catholic Encyclopedia for Home and School, Vol, 3 pg 123.
 
BloodStaindRose said:
A sin is not forgiven unless confessed. I have been in the same predicament as you many times. Even if you do pray and have a good Examination of Conscience prior to Confession, it is quite easy to forget.

I go back to Confession as soon as possible and Confess what I failed to mention and any other sins I have committed since my last Confession.

You MUST confess the sin to be forgiven, especially if it is a Mortal sin.

Many Priests today are very Liberal and have lost sight of the true grace granted during Confession.

God Bless You!

Check out the link on my signature, the website offers great information!! Let me know what you think!!!
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And what if the sinner is older, perhaps forgets the mortal sin? Or a venial sin? Or if it’s a teenager, or middle-aged person with a lot on their mind and they forget the specific sin?

I hope you mean unrepentant sin vs. unconfessed “specific” sin.

When the priest says:

“I absolve you from your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” , he doesn’t say “I absolve you from these sins you have confessed…”

So what’s the point in confessing sins already forgiven (meaning the ones that you didn’t remember)?

If we were only forgiven the sins that we remembered to confess, I’m afraid we all have a lot of sin out there that’s will go unforgiven.

I hope I didn’t misunderstand what you’re saying, BSR.
 
Newbie2 said:
So what’s the point in confessing sins already forgiven (meaning the ones that you didn’t remember)?
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Did you catch this part that I posted earlier from the Catholic Encyclopedia for Home and School, Vol, 3 pg 123 …
  • “If a penitent genuinely forgets to mention a mortal sin, it is still forgiven by the sacrament. If it is remembered later, however, it should be confessed at the next opportunity* by saying, “In my last confession I forgot to mention…” One may continue to receive Holy Communion during this interval.”
 
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