Did I benefit from confession?

[Tellme_my_rites]

I know sins that were unintentionally forgotten to be mentioned are also forgiven in the sacrament of reconcilaion. I did my prescribed penance.

However, by not mentioning it, though forgiven, did I lose out on the/a healing grace for THAT particular sin? Though not required to mention this forgotten sin in my next confession, will I receive a healing grace if I do, or, did I already receive that healing grace for THAT particular sin in my last confession?

Thanks!

 

[LilyM]

I think that you BOTH received graces for all sins absolved in the last confession, even the forgotten ones, AND will receive fresh graces if you mention them in your next confession

 

[passus]

The graces dispensed by confession do not amount to anything more or less depending on the number of sins you confess/commit. Even if you go to confession for only venial sins, you still receive the same graces as if you went to confession for 5 different mortal sins.

The sacraments grant us innumerable sanctifying graces. It’s as simple as that.

 

[Tellme_my_rites]

The graces dispensed by confession do not amount to anything more or less depending on the number of sins you confess/commit. Even if you go to confession for only venial sins, you still receive the same graces as if you went to confession for 5 different mortal sins.

The sacraments grant us innumerable sanctifying graces. It’s as simple as that.

Regarding confession, I once heard or read: “the doctor (the priest) cannot heal what it does not know”. Though I understand the graces received from absolution, doesn’t it seem to stand for reason that with that statement I just mentioned, that an additional healing grace could be lost to benefit us after our confession and while we’re here on earth?

 

[Trishie]

Regarding confession, I once heard or read: “the doctor (the priest) cannot heal what it does not know”. Though I understand the graces received from absolution, doesn’t it seem to stand for reason that with that statement I just mentioned, that an additional healing grace could be lost to benefit us after our confession and while we’re here on earth?

For one thing, your quote is unsubstanciated hearsay, so please don’t be swayed by it from possibility of peace of mind.

And yes, a doctor can heal things he doesn’t know. My doctor had no way of knowing that in diagnosing me as Celiac and recommending a gluten-free diet, that he was also curing my lifelong sinus problems! That was no little thing for me who, every night, had difficulty in breathing!

 

[passus]

Regarding confession, I once heard or read: “the doctor (the priest) cannot heal what it does not know”. Though I understand the graces received from absolution, doesn’t it seem to stand for reason that with that statement I just mentioned, that an additional healing grace could be lost to benefit us after our confession and while we’re here on earth?

It’s not like you get 1 grace for this sin and 2 graces for that sin and 1 grace for these sins over there. Like I said, the graces of the sacraments are innumerable, so you don’t have to worry about missing out on 1 or 2 for a sin you forgot.

 

[SacredHeartFan]

In confession, all sins are fogiven if you go into the sacrement with a well disposed heart. If you are truly repentant you will gain forgivness. Although with a good examination of consince this should not happen.

 

[acadian]

For one thing, your quote is unsubstanciated hearsay, so please don’t be swayed by it from possibility of peace of mind.

I have heard this quote before, too. (A physician can not heal what he does not know…) So I went searching for it. I think it might be in the catechism. Nevertheless, here is was attributed to St. Jerome: However St Jerome long ago stated: “for if the sick person is too ashamed to show his wound to the doctor, the doctor cannot heal what he does not know.”