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I want to the follow the Devotion to the sacred heart of Jesus. But one of it’s conditions is to go to confession and mass on the first Friday of every month. What if my church doesn’t offer confession on Fridays…? Should I just go to mass anyways and receive confession the day after or the week before?
 
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I want to the follow the Devotion to the sacred heart of Jesus. But one of it’s conditions is to go to confession and mass on the first Friday of every month. What if my church doesn’t offer confession on Fridays…? Should I just go to mass anyways and receive confession the day after or the week before?
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If you cannot make the conditions, don’t take on the devotion. This is the safest route to take. There are tons of other devotions you could take on.
 
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I want to the follow the Devotion to the sacred heart of Jesus. But one of it’s conditions is to go to confession and mass on the first Friday of every month. What if my church doesn’t offer confession on Fridays…? Should I just go to mass anyways and receive confession the day after or the week before?
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This is a beautiful devotion, and I’m glad for you that you want to take it on.

Search the parishes around your area, and try to find confessions on Fridays.

If worst comes to worst, you can request that your priest start offering confession on Fridays. I’m sure you can find confessions at another parish nearby, though.
 
You have it right. Our Lady’s devotions require the same, and She clarifies that confession as soon as possible to the Mass in question is acceptable.
 
Conditions required for Sacred Heart devotion:

To make nine Holy Communions;
on the first Friday of each month (confession required within eight days);
for nine consecutive months, without interruption;
with the intention of making reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and to obtain the fruit of this great promise.
 
It might also be possible for you to do the First Saturday Devotions to Our Lady. Also, you do have eight days to go to Confession prior to or after the Friday Mass and Communion, so long as there is no mortal sin during that time. You might also ask your Priest if he would hear your Confession privately either on Thursday, or on Friday before Mass for the Sacred Heart Devotion of First Fridays.👍
 
I would knock on the door of the priest and ask for confession. He may not like it but he can’t decently turn you away.
 
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I would knock on the door of the priest and ask for confession. He may not like it but he can’t decently turn you away.
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There are reasons why he could indeed legitimately turn someone away if they asked to confess on the spot with no prior warning. I would not expect a priest to accede to such a request if he was in the middle of a spiritual direction appointment with someone else, in the middle of his own spiritual direction appointment, already hearing another confession, on his way out to administer Anointing of the Sick, etc.

A more prudent approach might be to ask the priest in advance of taking on the devotion. If I were to explain to my priest that I need to confess once a month on First Friday, we could schedule appointments for this. If for any reason he was unable to accommodate me, he’d refer me to a priest who could.
 
You could simply call the parish office and ask to make an appointment for confession with the priest. I have done this in the past when my schedule didn’t allow for me to be able to make the regularly scheduled time for confession.

I will pray that all works out for you in this beautiful devotion.

God bless
 
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