It is the priest who is bound by the seal of Confession not you.A friend was talking to me about their confession and i accidently (at least i think, i am unsure) revealed some contents to another friend. i was anxious as to wether or not i should say what i said but said it anyways
i am a rather scrupulous person and this whole situation is makeing me very uneasy
If gossip was a sin there would be no popes. Just confess, fix any wrong-doing with an honest & contrite heart & promise your heart you’ll never do it again. Don’t let this trip you up. Jesus loves you.A friend was talking to me about their confession and i accidently (at least i think, i am unsure) revealed some contents to another friend. i was anxious as to wether or not i should say what i said but said it anyways
i am a rather scrupulous person and this whole situation is makeing me very uneasy
Just to add to this, in addition to the Priest, anyone who overhears the confession of another (e.g. a translator or the next person in line outside the “box” if Father has a rather lound voice) is also bound by the seal.
This doesn’t make sense. Gossip is a sin. Calumny if it is false informtion and Detraction if it is true.
As others have said, you are not excommunicated. However…A friend was talking to me about their confession and i accidently (at least i think, i am unsure) revealed some contents to another friend. i was anxious as to wether or not i should say what i said but said it anyways
i am a rather scrupulous person and this whole situation is makeing me very uneasy
Just let this kind & gentle child of God know that we screw up & it’s not the end of the world. What is in our heart doesn’t often 'make sense," it should enrich us & draw us closer to God through the love & humanity of Christ.
Fine, but it doesn’t do anyone a service by telling her that something which is a sin is not. Even kind and gentle children of God need to acknowledge their sins to avoid doing them in the future, leading to a habbit that makes them a little less kind and a little less gentle and eventually no longer a child of God.
s OK if its not malicious. we all talk & pass judgment on others, not saying its a good thing, But thats the way it is, juicy gossip spreads fastYou are talking about a “latae sententiae” excommunication. I don’t know, but I doubt it.A friend was talking to me about their confession and i accidently (at least i think, i am unsure) revealed some contents to another friend. i was anxious as to wether or not i should say what i said but said it anyways
i am a rather scrupulous person and this whole situation is makeing me very uneasy
It is the priest that is bound by the seal of the sacrament, not you. The only other cases where a third party is bound by the seal would be if they were asked to translate the confession by the penitent or if someone accidentally overheard the confession (e.g. someone walking by the confessional as the penitent is recounting his sins, or another penitent in the other booth waiting for their turn overhears it, or bedside medical personnel, etc.).A friend was talking to me about their confession and i accidently (at least i think, i am unsure) revealed some contents to another friend. i was anxious as to wether or not i should say what i said but said it anyways
i am a rather scrupulous person and this whole situation is makeing me very uneasy
No, it is on “OK” to commit sins. If it is malicious gossip,as has been stated, then it is the sin of calumny. But, gossip is not becoming a Christian either. We should spend that time praying for the person, instead of “juicy gossip”. We should ask the person we are tempted to gossip with to pray with us also. If we can’t do that, we should excuse ourselves, and say “I don’t think I should be having this discussion” then go to a private place to pray.