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KyrieVarLee
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So off the bat I should mention that I am a pretty scrupulous person. I am very aware that I struggle with this and I feel like I’ve gotten to point this last week where my worries have really become over the top. Let me just explain what happened. And I would just like some imput and your guys opinion. I need some relief here…
So I was in confession this last week, and I was asking the priest about an aspect of confession. I was not confessing a sin per se , rather, just asking for clarification. I said the following… “so Father, I go to confession often, as I am quite scrupulous. I try to go once a week, but sometimes I go more than once a week. It’s not always here, I go to other parishes and places too. So when I go to confession, unstead of saying “bless me father for I have sinned it’s been X amount out of days since my last confession” I say “bless me father for I have sinned…since my last confession I have done X” because I don’t want the priest thinking I’m scrupulous, and I don’t want to annoy the priest and make him think “oh not her again” because I go so frequently …”
After saying that, the priest clarified that it wasn’t entirely important that the exact X amount of days be specified. And that the sacrament is valid.
My worries is that I wasn’t specific enough. Basically, my home parish is where I go most frequently, like I said, once a week and maybe more than once a week. I do have a few other parishes I’ve been to in my area but not for a few months. I definitely frequent my home parish more than any other, and I threw in that “I go to other parishes” because I kinda wanted to keep my anonymity. It’s true that I go to other parishes for confession, but it’s been awhile. During the summer I had a few parishes in my work area that I went to more often. And then the part where I said “I don’t want the priest to think I’m being scrupulous, or be annoyed you me” I was mainly talking about him…the priest I was confessing to. But in the way that I phrased it, I intentionally hoped that he would interpret it as a general statement that I don’t like other priests, or priests in general thinking that I’m scrupulous or bothersome. Now I worry that by being vague and phrasing it the way that I did, that I “lied” in some way.
My scrupulously is eating away at me and filling me with fears that I “intentionally decieved the priest” and that I “lied”.
I know I’m probably really being scrupulous right now…I know. Just please talk me out of it people…is this something I should worry about?
So I was in confession this last week, and I was asking the priest about an aspect of confession. I was not confessing a sin per se , rather, just asking for clarification. I said the following… “so Father, I go to confession often, as I am quite scrupulous. I try to go once a week, but sometimes I go more than once a week. It’s not always here, I go to other parishes and places too. So when I go to confession, unstead of saying “bless me father for I have sinned it’s been X amount out of days since my last confession” I say “bless me father for I have sinned…since my last confession I have done X” because I don’t want the priest thinking I’m scrupulous, and I don’t want to annoy the priest and make him think “oh not her again” because I go so frequently …”
After saying that, the priest clarified that it wasn’t entirely important that the exact X amount of days be specified. And that the sacrament is valid.
My worries is that I wasn’t specific enough. Basically, my home parish is where I go most frequently, like I said, once a week and maybe more than once a week. I do have a few other parishes I’ve been to in my area but not for a few months. I definitely frequent my home parish more than any other, and I threw in that “I go to other parishes” because I kinda wanted to keep my anonymity. It’s true that I go to other parishes for confession, but it’s been awhile. During the summer I had a few parishes in my work area that I went to more often. And then the part where I said “I don’t want the priest to think I’m being scrupulous, or be annoyed you me” I was mainly talking about him…the priest I was confessing to. But in the way that I phrased it, I intentionally hoped that he would interpret it as a general statement that I don’t like other priests, or priests in general thinking that I’m scrupulous or bothersome. Now I worry that by being vague and phrasing it the way that I did, that I “lied” in some way.
My scrupulously is eating away at me and filling me with fears that I “intentionally decieved the priest” and that I “lied”.
I know I’m probably really being scrupulous right now…I know. Just please talk me out of it people…is this something I should worry about?