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I do not have a priest to confess to, so I am confessing this to you as brothers and sisters:

I read a book that questioned a church teaching and entertained the ideas, thinking I would start to believe in them. The book was about the non-existence of hell. I also shared these ideas with two other people tonight.

I became sorrowful for my sin when I realized that I could not say the Creed without also believing there was a hell for Jesus to descend into.

Father, please forgive me in your mercy. Thank you Jesus, for your perfect sacrifice. Please help me to be more humble in my thoughts and more obedient in my heart.

Please help me to believe that you are leading and guiding your Church. Amen.

Dan
 
While there are some priests who spend time on this forum, I worry that you are confusing the roles of priest and the roles of laity in your post to the general viewer.
A confession to us should not be seen as similar to a confession to a priest.
I hope you will be able to find time for the sacrament of confession soon. Laypeople are not able to grant absolution.
For additional information on the sacramentof pennance/confession, I have included a link
ourladyswarriors.org/faith/bc3-17.htm
 
First, do not be too hard on yourself. Jesus descended to the dead so as to preach the Gospel to them. They were the spirits in prison since days of old (1 Peter 3:19-20, 1 Peter 4:6). However, although it is sometimes called hell, it is not the hell of the damned. Those condemned there are eternally separated form God, so our Lord would not descend to them. Where Jesus descended to is called hell, sheol, or the abode of the dead, but the hell of the damned is an entirely different place.

Some today are trying to teach that there is no literal hell, but they will believe in it should they have the misfortune to end up there!

**Our Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.
Amen.

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now,
and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen. **
 
Some bible passages to bear in mind when considering the existence of hell…

Mat. 25:46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Dan 12:2 Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake – some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.

Mat 25:41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

Rev 20:10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.

Mat 13:41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers. and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Rev 20:15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.

Pray…

**
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our safeguard against the wiles and wickedness of the devil.
May GOD rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of GOD, cast into hell Satan and
all the evil spirits who prowl this world seeking the ruin of souls.

In Christ Jesus name we pray.

Amen
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Praise God.
 
St. Padre Pio, who was given the gift of discerning hearts was approached by a man who declared that he did not believe in hell, after looking at him for a moment, Padre Pio responded, “you will when you get there”.
 
Mother Mary, I commend dsully to you. Please help him/her to keep away from all occassions of sin. Please help him/her to believe in all the dogmas of the Chruch. May he/she not fall prey to heresy. May he/she be vigilant and ready for the day Christ comes to judge the living and the dead. Amen.
 
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