Confession

[Churchman25]

I was just wondering if one went to confession and confessed mortal sins. Then realized he forgot to say a couple. Then the next confession he forgot to mention them again would he go back into the state of mortal sin?

 

[Brendan_64]

I was just wondering if one went to confession and confessed mortal sins. Then realized he forgot to say a couple. Then the next confession he forgot to mention them again would he go back into the state of mortal sin?

If you genuinely forget these sins (and this must be a genuine case of forgetting, not a convenient omission) when making your Confession the, it is my understanding, that these sins have indeed been forgiven. You are meant to then mention any you remember at a following Confession, but they have actually already been forgiven. That is my understanding of it.

I have also been told on more than one occasion during Confession to leave the past behind and move on rather than keep revisiting the past. I was away from the Church for decades and up to my neck in sin, things are always coming back to me from decades ago, but I have been told to let the past go, rather than keep dwelling on it.

 

[Mike_Dye]

I was just wondering if one went to confession and confessed mortal sins. Then realized he forgot to say a couple. Then the next confession he forgot to mention them again would he go back into the state of mortal sin?

No, You have been absolved of your sins…If you forget them even twice in a row. That is if you truly forgot them. Why don’t you write yourself a note next time.