Have committed a mortal sin, and won't be able to go to confession for a long time

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I have committed a mortal sin and I can’t go to confession for almost a week, I was in the middle doing some online evangelization work, and making changes & advances in my spiritual life. What should I do?
 
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For the meantime, pray the divine mercy chaplet, for it says: “Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of your dearly beloved Son, in atonement for MY sins and those of the whole world.”
Have peace.
 
Go for the nearest Confession. In the meantime pray and say the act of contrition, you are on the right track. One week is not a very long time waiting but I can understand that when you have committed mortal sin, it can be a very long time for the next Confession. Sin weighs on us. Think about how our sins weigh on Jesus as he hanged on the cross. Take confident in the mean time that the Savior had taken pretty much of our sins by our believing and repentance.

God bless.
 
Pray an act of perfect contrition and abstain from the Eucharist until you get to confession.
 
That’s only if you’re dying or something, the circumstances where that’s licit are exceedingly rare.
 
YehoiakhinEx232 said:
I have committed a mortal sin and I can’t go to confession for almost a week, I was in the middle doing some evangelization work, and making changes & advances in my spiritual life. What should I do
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IF, if, you live in an area where you can get to Sacramental Confession within a week; are you not [??] able to call your priest and make arrangements for a sooner Confession?

If you are able to do so; then ASAP do it.

If NOT: make a PERFECT act of Contrition

THis is seeking DIRECTLY God’s immediate and highly conditional forgiveness]
This Prayer seeks forgiveness on these grounds:

1 sincere sorrow for your sin
2 Because it offends God whom you Love MORE than the {actual & real} fears of losing heaven and deserving HELL
3 It still demands Sacramental Confession as SOON as it is POSSIBLE [not reliant upon convenience.]

It does have to be a “Perfect” by intent and actions Prayer and Sacramental Confession HAS to be sought as soon as POSSIBLE.

May God Guide your path.
 
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That’s only if you’re dying or something, the circumstances where that’s licit are exceedingly rare.
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If a repentant leader at some big evangelisation camp would be publicly humiliated for a private mortal sin if he was observed not going to Communion, and it was impossible to arrange confession beforehand, most priests I have closely worked with would have no problem with the advice given.

Why do you - what objective grounds do you say they are rare?
It is commonly done. Young priests sometimes commit such private sins before their morning mass - they still have to say mass and confession is not possible beforehand.

Not a lot of difference in the eyes of the pastorally experienced.
It isn’t that rare at all. You seem to have just invented that due to your own personal outlook.
By all means live that yourself - please don’t put it forth as Church teaching or current praxis when you aren’t in a position to actually know.
 
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current praxis when you aren’t in a position to actually know.
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Please don’t push heteropraxis on me.

I’m familiar with your stance on this and I vehemently disagree.

Holy things are for the holy, as we say in the East.

Give not that which is holy to the dogs” (Didache 10, 9).

To respond to this invitation we must prepare ourselves for so great and so holy a moment. St. Paul urges us to examine our conscience. Those conscious of a grave sin must receive the sacrament of Reconciliation before coming to communion (Catechism # 1385).

And again from the Didache: “But first make confession of your faults, so that your sacrifice may be a pure one” (Didache 14).

A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass [this applies to Priests, not laity] or to receive the Body of the Lord [this applies to laity] without prior sacramental confession unless a grave reason is present and there is no opportunity of confessing; in this case the person is to be mindful of the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition, including the intention of confessing as soon as possible" (Canon 916).

Presenting oneself to receive Holy Communion should be a conscious decision, based on a reasoned judgment regarding one’s worthiness to do so, according to the Church’s objective criteria, asking such questions as: “Am I in full communion with the Catholic Church? Am I guilty of grave sin? Have I incurred a penalty (e.g., excommunication, interdict) that forbids me to receive Holy Communion? Have I prepared myself by fasting for at least an hour?” The practice of indiscriminately presenting oneself to receive Holy Communion, merely as a consequence of being present at Mass, is an abuse that must be corrected (Cardinal Ratzinger Memo to Cardinal McCarrick, # 1).
 
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Without any knowledge of what priests actually do you interpret the code dogmatically based on your own personal biasies.
And to justify this in a the face of someone who does have that experience you simply ad hominem the challenger.

Do you really think a neutral reader here will find that credible.
And if you don’t care what is the purpose in your contributing at all?

All that is needed to do so is a “grave reason”.
They aren’t rare, as I have just enumerated commonly accepted ones.
 
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No nuance is necessary.

This issue is black and white, night and day.

If you are in a state of sin and have not received absolution, do not receive Communion.

If you are in a state of grace, present yourself to the Dreadful Lord.

Easy stuff.
 
Clearly the Canon you quoted disagrees with you.
A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to …receive the Body of the Lord without prior sacramental confession unless a grave reason is present and there is no opportunity of confessing; in this case the person is to be mindful of the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition, including the intention of confessing as soon as possible" (Canon 916).
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No need to quote what I just posted.

There’s no need to try to make an exception the rule.

Under NORMAL circumstances, one should either be in a state of grace or refrain from Communion. It’s simple.
 
Never understood why the Didache isn’t a canonical book. That along with the Shepherd of Hermas were extremely popular in the early Church.
 
Those two books are quoted several times in the Catechism and they are certainly important parts of Sacred Tradition.

And the Didache is used for a reading in the Liturgy during the Office of Readings.
 
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Could the leader of evangelistic camp just say he broke his fast because he “forgot”? That “forgetting” is what people have done to avoid embarrassment. Or could he just say he needs to get to confession first? People say that all the time.
 
BlackFriar said:
Clearly the Canon you quoted disagrees with you.
A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to …receive the Body of the Lord without prior sacramental confession unless a grave reason is present and there is no opportunity of confessing; in this case the person is to be mindful of the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition, including the intention of confessing as soon as possible" (Canon 916).
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“Grave reason” – I hardly think having to wait a few days to go to confession counts as a grave reason.
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There are some people who think exceptions are so common that there are no rules.

Don’t listen to such people. Just eat something if you need an excuse.
 
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