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I did something I’m really ashamed of…I was sure that it was mortally sinful, but I don’t have the courage to confess it…the more I think about it the more I start to think it wasn’t a mortal…but then I feel like I’m just trying to weasle out of having to own up and confess it…
I want to just hide myself from God becauseI broke his commandment and I feel completely unworthy. And I can not confess this…I just can’t, not without explaining something to my priest that I do not want him to know. I don’t want anyone to know, and no one does.

Also, school is really stressing me out, I have a bunch of projects due this and next week, exams are coming up, I’m falling behind in a couple of classes, and when I’m not studying I’m at soccer practice.
And I can’t bring myself to pray about this because I don’t feel like I deserve God’s comfort.
Please pray for me, I don’t know what to do!
 
Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
 
Your shame in whatever it is you may have done shows your guilt which God knows and understands. If we didn’t feel guilt after sinning, we wouldn’t truly be sorry. So that’s the first step. We’re all worthy of God’s love so please don’t turn your back on him. Please continue to pray to him and even go to confession. Believe me, I understand that sometimes our sins are embarrassing, but the priest will never judge you. Many times when in confession they can’t even see you. Not to mention, our God is forgiving and loves you very much. You would feel incredibly better after going to confession. I’ll keep you in my prayers that things may look up for you. God Bless!
 
TeenageConvert said:
I did something I’m really ashamed of…I was sure that it was mortally sinful, but I don’t have the courage to confess it…the more I think about it the more I start to think it wasn’t a mortal…but then I feel like I’m just trying to weasle out of having to own up and confess it…
I want to just hide myself from God becauseI broke his commandment and I feel completely unworthy. And I can not confess this…I just can’t, not without explaining something to my priest that I do not want him to know. I don’t want anyone to know, and no one does.

Also, school is really stressing me out, I have a bunch of projects due this and next week, exams are coming up, I’m falling behind in a couple of classes, and when I’m not studying I’m at soccer practice.
And I can’t bring myself to pray about this because I don’t feel like I deserve God’s comfort.
Please pray for me, I don’t know what to do!
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Your shame in whatever it is you may have done shows your guilt which God knows and understands. If we didn’t feel guilt after sinning, we wouldn’t truly be sorry. So that’s the first step. We’re all worthy of God’s love so please don’t turn your back on him. Please continue to pray to him and even go to confession. Believe me, I understand that sometimes our sins are embarrassing, but the priest will never judge you. Many times when in confession they can’t even see you. Not to mention, our God is forgiving and loves you very much. You would feel incredibly better after going to confession. I’ll keep you in my prayers that things may look up for you. God Bless!
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Seems the Holy Spirit is working on you strongly! So to say Jesus knows, or he wouldn’t have sent the Holy Spirit to keep this sin in your every thought every waking and sleeping moment. If Jesus didn’t Love you he would just turn his head. But he Loves You! He Knows the sin. He wants you to come clean. Confess, Repent, do Penance, and Avoid Sin. Oh, it’s not easy. But it’s the only way. Don’t worry about the Priest because you’ll be Confessing to Jesus through him. The Priest will die before showing he ever heard any confession, let alone repeating it.

***Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen. ***
 
I will pray for you to have the courage to confess it.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.

Amen.
 
If it helps, than you can write the sin down on a piece of paper and hand the paper to the priest. I confess my sins this way as it’s too difficult otherwise and I fall out of Grace almost every day so I usually need to go to Confession. Also, you could confess behind a screen.

I am praying for you.
 
If it helps at all perhaps you can do a sort of “pre”-confession practice? While you’re alone you could say aloud in a clear, calm voice what you did, or you could write it on a piece of paper and leave it under a tree or bury it.
 
I have felt this kind of shame at times in my life and feel that this shame is what compels us to seek forgiveness and repentance. The shame you feel is not meant to stay but instead to propel you forward. So my prayer is that you are given the strength to confess this. I know from experience that you will feel a world of difference after confession. It sounds as though you truly have a contrite heart allow yourself to be free from this.
 
Praying for you. Go to confession, even if you have to go to another church with a priest you will never see again and go behind the curtain. Don’t let satan do this to you. You have guilt and need to get rid of it, mortal or not.
 
TeenageConvert said:
I did something I’m really ashamed of…I was sure that it was mortally sinful, but I don’t have the courage to confess it…the more I think about it the more I start to think it wasn’t a mortal…but then I feel like I’m just trying to weasle out of having to own up and confess it…
I want to just hide myself from God becauseI broke his commandment and I feel completely unworthy. And I can not confess this…I just can’t, not without explaining something to my priest that I do not want him to know. I don’t want anyone to know, and no one does.

Also, school is really stressing me out, I have a bunch of projects due this and next week, exams are coming up, I’m falling behind in a couple of classes, and when I’m not studying I’m at soccer practice.
And I can’t bring myself to pray about this because I don’t feel like I deserve God’s comfort.
Please pray for me, I don’t know what to do!
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I’m betting you’re dealing with the same sin as me. Believe me on this one. I’ve been friends with one of my priests since he was in seminary and when i had to confess a mortal sin that i was ashamed of, i thought he would think of me differently after that. Well, truth is, he cannot. It is against his priestly vows to do such things.

Just pray and go to confessions. Hail Mary full of grace… Glory be to the Father…
 
Just go to confession. Not only is this event (especially if it is a mortal sin) jeopardizing your soul, it’s siphoning off your life right here. Your grades are starting to slide because this is occupying such a large part of your mind, you can’t study effectively. It’s already causing you to doubt in the forgiveness of God, and pretty soon will effectively sap your joy of living as one of His beautiful children.

What you’re describing (feeling unworthy of going to seek God’s forgiveness) is a classic example of how the enemy tries to poke holes in the faith of a person to get the person to start to despair of his salvation. Forget about the dramatic Hollywood depictions of how the enemy takes a soul down. All he has to do is feed us the lie that we are not worthy of God’s forgiveness to stop any spiritual growth we have, and make us fall backwards to more and more sin. See, Satan is not only a liar, he’s also lazy. Why should he exert himself in getting us to despair of God’s mercy when he can just plant a thought in our heads to get us to do that ourselves?

If you feel that you could not confess this to your regular parish priest, go to a different parish and confess there. But get it done. You’re letting the enemy get the better of you otherwise. Resist the enemy, and he will flee!
 
Okay, here is how I have motivated myself to go to Confession in the past. I imagine myself being too embarrassed to go to Confession and then dying suddenly in a car accident. Now I’m standing in front of Almighty God but it’s too late…and I will now spend eternity suffering in Hell…all because I was too full of pride to go to Confession. I would tell myself for all eternity…“Oh if only I had gone to Confession and taken just a few minutes to tell my sins to the priest.” Believe me, I’ve Confessed some pretty horrible sins in my life. It takes guts, there’s no denying it. But just imagine that the priest is Jesus and you are standing before Him. He is waiting for you with open arms, ready to forgive you and welcome you back the minute you begin to utter your sins. He’s waiting for you now. I think you’ll be surprised that the priest will give you some advice to help you avoid sin in the future and you will feel the weight literally being lifted off your soul. I will pray for you now: “Heavenly Father, please give TeenageConvert the Grace to go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and to be reunited with You. You would have sent your Only Son to die for TeenageConvert if he were the only human being on earth ever–that is how much You love him. May he never be afraid to confess his sins to you through the priest, who is Your Son’s representative on earth, and may he find forgiveness and eternal happiness with You and Your Son. In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen.”
 
And I agree with the previous poster: go to a nearby Parish and confess to a priest who doesn’t know you and behind the screen if it helps. I do not confess to my Parish priest…I go to a Church 20 miles away. Do it this week!!!
 
TeenageConvert said:
I did something I’m really ashamed of…I was sure that it was mortally sinful, but I don’t have the courage to confess it…the more I think about it the more I start to think it wasn’t a mortal…but then I feel like I’m just trying to weasle out of having to own up and confess it…
I want to just hide myself from God becauseI broke his commandment and I feel completely unworthy. And I can not confess this…I just can’t, not without explaining something to my priest that I do not want him to know. I don’t want anyone to know, and no one does.

Also, school is really stressing me out, I have a bunch of projects due this and next week, exams are coming up, I’m falling behind in a couple of classes, and when I’m not studying I’m at soccer practice.
And I can’t bring myself to pray about this because I don’t feel like I deserve God’s comfort.
Please pray for me, I don’t know what to do!
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I’m aware that in cases such as this, Catholics might pop into another parish far from the ones they have been to before. Confess to a unknown priest, if you find that easier?

Don’t worry too much.
 
Ah - they heard it all before. It is what these guys live for - to help people like you. Just mention you are very nervous. He’ll walk you thru it.
 
Okay everyone, I’ll make plans to go to confession as soon as possible, thanks for the prayers and advice!
 
Just know that Jesus loves you and he will never judge you like humans.

So when you go to confess, just know that you are going to confess to god and not to the priest, even if you him.

God bless you.
 
Praying for you.

Be still! Listen! for God is with you. He loves you unconditionally and hears you. Trust in His most perfect love. Amen…Amen…Amen:signofcross:

God Bless! you always:heart:
 
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