habit sins

[jesus4ever]

i would like to know that if i have confessed a sin in the past, a sin that was a habbit to me that i used to do on a daily basis but dont do anymore. Before my confession today it came to me something that i have done in the past which i have never remembered before. But since i have confessed such a habbit sin from the past i did not confessed it.

do we have to get into details of the sin.

for example pornography. All types is what it is (pornography)

I did tell the prest that i have committed big sins in the past which i never said the number of times i did it since i dont know the number of times because it was a habbit. i normally say things like throughout my life or since my last confession i have done such and such.

But i walked out of the confession feeling like i just hide something. but i just thought that i do not have to confess it because i have confessed porngraphy before. i just thing all types are the same and i do not have to get into any details about it.

HAVE I DONE THE RIGHT THING

 

[livetolove]

Dear friend in Christ, Glory be to God cos of your desire to be like Him. There are things that make a good cofesion. The number of TIMES has to be there in all sincererity. In a situation whereby it is a habitual sin then say about so so and so number of times.
Thanks

Remember concience is an open wound its only the truth that can heal it.

 

[jesus4ever]

i still think maybe i did the right thing however i need ppl to tell me i did or i didn’t so i know whether to continue to stress about it or not.

 

[Benadam]

i still think maybe i did the right thing however i need ppl to tell me i did or i didn’t so i know whether to continue to stress about it or not.

I think if a particular sinfull act has been brought to mind the fact that it was also habitual gives the remembrance a special significance That a particular sinfull act doesn’t require forgiveness because the habit has been confessed is a presumption isn’t it? Maybe you do wish to hide this act of sin because confessing it should be a given if you think it may need confessed but want someone to convince you it really does. . May the Lord continue to bless you.

 

[LindaSK]

I would suggest that, before your next confession, you pray about it. I go through an examination of conscience - many good ones online - try EWTN’s. If you find it is something you just can’t “let go”, you might mention it to your priest. You should leave the confessional lighter than when you went in. “Cast your burdens upon the Lord, and He will sustain you.” Go before the Blessed Sacrament. If that doesn’t ease your conscience, take it to the confessional. Then, let it go. (This is coming from someone who tends to hold on. I wish I had a dollar for every time my priest has told me to “just let it go!”)

God Bless

 

[jesus4ever]

the thing is when i told the priest that i had big sins from the past which i have confessed but i never gave the number of times i commit the sin because i always say through out my life or since my last confession. he absolved me saying you are forgiven for all the sins you have forgotten. and as he was saying this, in my head i was battling out trying to figure out should i tell him this sin or not because i have already confessed porn before but never the number of times and i never remembered this one before.

i’m still annoyed with this. i was really willing to come out of there for a fresh start to the week and since the confession i have not had peace. it looks like i am gonna have to go to confession in about 6 days time and ask a priest if my confession was vaild.

 

[Benadam]

the thing is when i told the priest that i had big sins from the past which i have confessed but i never gave the number of times i commit the sin because i always say through out my life or since my last confession. he absolved me saying you are forgiven for all the sins you have forgotten. and as he was saying this, in my head i was battling out trying to figure out should i tell him this sin or not because i have already confessed porn before but never the number of times and i never remembered this one before.

i’m still annoyed with this. i was really willing to come out of there for a fresh start to the week and since the confession i have not had peace. it looks like i am gonna have to go to confession in about 6 days time and ask a priest if my confession was vaild.

Maybe there is a reason you feel this particular episode isn’t absolved? If so, maybe that’s why you remembered it. I think the conversation of this thread should be with your confessor. But…Try to remember what was happening within and around you at the time you remembered this. Maybe there is a dot to conect. If you are left without a reason to confess I suggest you comfort yourself with the knowledge that you sought out the truth on the matter . File it away in your heart under ‘ponder’ and let it rest. If there is something meaningfull it will come to light again when the events of your life present a dot to connect.Peace