Going to confession with just venial sins?

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Interesting. I’ve never use the words, “I accuse myself” in confession.

I’m a member of a very traditional parish in which frequent confession is considered normal. Thank God! My spiritual life has flourished since I joined this parish and began going to confession regularly and I believe this is why. I have been told by my priest on numerous occasions that I have made a good confession. Here’s my method if I only have venial sins to confess. I say the sins and then say for these sins, for any sins I might have forgotten, and all my past sins especially my sin(s) against _________, I seek mercy and forgiveness.

Maybe this will help someone, I hope.
God Bless!

I have never heard “I accuse myself” either. I like it and I am going to start using it. It shows complete taking of responsibility for sin.

 

[pianistclare]

Right. I sometimes add, “I am sorry for these and all the sins of my past life because they have offended God.” That covers any sin of which one is unaware and therefore does not confess.

Exactly. Confession give us grace, even if only confessing venial sins. please God all of us should “only have venial sins”.
Please, if you have a regular confessor, they probably would not like you to re-hash past sins that were already absolved.

 

[PrayPsalm51]

A couple of times while examinating my conscience I found that in recalling a past moral sin I find I’m not really sorry anymore–at least in that moment. In that case I mention it (again) but I say that I have confessed this previously but right now, while I wouldn’t do it again, I accuse myself of not feeling sorry for it. And I do say I accuse myself at the beginning. I find it helps me–accuse is a strong word.

 

[Vico]

A couple of times while examinating my conscience I found that in recalling a past moral sin I find I’m not really sorry anymore–at least in that moment. In that case I mention it (again) but I say that I have confessed this previously but right now, while I wouldn’t do it again, I accuse myself of not feeling sorry for it. And I do say I accuse myself at the beginning. I find it helps me–accuse is a strong word.

Sorrow is mental suffering caused by loss, disappointment, etc., and it is repentance which is the condition for absolution. For even imperfect contrition there is “a firm purpose of sinning no more” and you said that remains.

Attachment to sin is a temporal effect from it and may remain after repentance with absolution.

 

[Bookcat]

A couple of times while examinating my conscience I found that in recalling a past moral sin I find I’m not really sorry anymore–at least in that moment. In that case I mention it (again) but I say that I have confessed this previously but right now, while I wouldn’t do it again, I accuse myself of not feeling sorry for it. And I do say I accuse myself at the beginning. I find it helps me–accuse is a strong word.

One must be contrite and amended for all mortal sins.

One* does not need* though to “feel” anything in particular in order to be contrite and amended.

It is good if one does but it is more a matter of grace and of *will *- than feelings.