Does it matter if I delay confession until Monday?

[Brendan_64]

Not totally true. We are required to confess serious sin once a year. If you don’t commit any serious sin, then you aren’t required to go.

That being said, I am perfectly willing to concede that those who don’t go to confession probably commit at least one serious sin a year. Therefore, in practice, it pretty much applies to nearly everyone.

I find it hard to go for a fortnight without committing serious sin. Hanging on for a year while in a state of grave sin is a very unwise thing to do, as death in a state of mortal sin doesn’t bear thinking about.

Serious sin does not simply involve things like adultery, murder, major robbery, serious assault etc.