How Often Do You Go To Confession?

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I swear I seen a post asking this question but I can’t find it anywhere, So i’m thinking it was deleted or I seen it on a different forum so out of curiousity I thought I’d make one.

This is my first poll so I hope this works
 
And I just noticed this is obviously in the wrong part of the forum (I’m good for that believe me) It’s 3:30 In the morning and I think my brain shut down about 2 hours ago. Sorry Guys
 
JMJ

I voted, monthly but that isn’t entirely true. My goal is once a month.

Yours in Christ,
 
Usually about every two weeks… sometimes three weeks, sometimes once a month. My Parish only offers confession on Saturday from 1pm - 2pm so it’s not always easy to get there.

I just became an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion so I’m going to have to start making a habit of getting to confession more often. Before I was an Extraordinary Minister, I would just refrain from taking communion if I wasn’t in a state of grace, but that isn’t really an option now. Yesterday I just made sure I got to church about 10 minutes earlier and had a quick confession with the priest right there in the sacristy before mass.
 
I used to try and go once a month then found a great Confessor at another parish and have been (trying) for weekly. He suggests to come 2-3 times a week, which would be very hard for me. He has made the world of differnce in my life in the last 3 months since I had the grace to come accross him.

I love this Sacrament! :bowdown2: and my Confessor 🙂 !
 
My target is every 2-3 weeks, which I usually make. Sometimes it goes as long as 1 month or so.
 
Do most people go, even if their only sins are venial during the previous weeks? Or does this mean that mortal sins occur this often and this is how often penance is needed to be placed back in grace?
A touchy question, I know, but I thank you for your time in answering it, if you elect to do so.
 
I am real proud of my priest. During Lent, he expanding the hours for Reconciliation to six hours a week on 5 different days!
 
I go to confession every 1-2 weeks. My parish has confession before Saturday night (Sunday Vigil) mass. Also, they say a decade of the rosary before that mass too. If I time it right, I get confession, community rosary and the mass in one afternoon 👍
 
I go every week because I’m a big sinner! and I do not like sitting out Holy Communion at Mass. Doing penance and receiving Our Lord are most important to my healing.
 
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Do most people go, even if their only sins are venial during the previous weeks? Or does this mean that mortal sins occur this often and this is how often penance is needed to be placed back in grace?.
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Honestly, I think it varies by the person. Some people struggle with certain sins and as a result either skip receiving Jesus each week or they go to confession. Other folks just go to confession with only the venial sins to mention, because the grace helps keep them on the right path. I think the sacrament of confession is very helpful and I have direct experience of its spiritual healing powers. It can change your life!

Hey WanderAimlessly…Well, then go more often! :clapping: As the great box with rabbit ears has said, Just Do It!👋
 
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Honestly, I think it varies by the person. Some people struggle with certain sins and as a result either skip receiving Jesus each week or they go to confession. Other folks just go to confession with only the venial sins to mention, because the grace helps keep them on the right path. I think the sacrament of confession is very helpful and I have direct experience of its spiritual healing powers. It can change your life!

Hey WanderAimlessly…Well, then go more often! :clapping: As the great box with rabbit ears has said, Just Do It!👋
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What if one has nothing to say?
I went to confession after 20 years of Communal Confession and touched on the biggies that I could remember. Now I would like to go more often but can’t come up with anything to say.
I am not perfect by any means but I’m not sure.
 
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Do you do a good examination of conscience?
EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE

  1. *]I am the Lord your God. You shall not have strange gods before me.
    -Do I give God time every day in prayer?
    -Do I seek to love Him with my whole heart? - *My confessors reminds me of this one every time!!
    *-Have I been involved with superstitious practices or have I been involved with the occult?
    -Do I seek to surrender myself to God’s word as taught by the Church?
    -Have I ever received communion in the state of mortal sin?
    -Have I ever deliberately told a lie in Confession or have I withheld a mortal sin from the priest in Confession?
    -Are there other “gods” in my life? Money, Security, Power, People, etc.?

    *]You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
    -Have I used God’s name in vain: lightly or carelessly?
    -Have I been angry with God?
    -Have I wished evil upon any other person?
    -Have I insulted a sacred person or abused a sacred object?
    *]Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day.
    -Have I deliberately missed Mass on Sundays or Holy Days of Obligation?
    -Have I tried to observe Sunday as a family day and a day of rest?
    -Do I do needless work on Sunday?

    *]Honor your father and your mother.
    -Do I honor and obey my parents?
    -Have I neglected my duties to my spouse and children?
    -Have I given my family good religious example?
    -Do I try to bring peace into my home life?
    -Do I care for my aged and infirm relatives?

    *]You shall not kill.
    -Have I had an abortion or encouraged or helped anyone to have an abortion?
    -Have I physically harmed anyone?
    -Have I abused alcohol or drugs?
    -Did I give scandal to anyone, thereby leading him or her into sin?
    -Have I been angry or resentful?
    -Have I harbored hatred in my heart?
    -Have I mutilated myself through any form of sterilization?
    -Have I encouraged or condoned sterilization?
    -Have I engaged, in any way, in sins against human life such as artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization?
    -Have I participated in or approved of euthanasia?

    *]You shall not commit adultery.
    -Have I been faithful to my marriage vows in thought and action?
    -Have I engaged in any sexual activity outside of marriage?
    -Have I used any method of contraception or artificial birth control in my marriage?
    -Has each sexual act in my marriage been open to the transmission of new life?
    -Have I been guilty of masturbation?
    -Do I seek to control my thoughts and imaginations?
    -Have I respected all members of the opposite sex, or have I thought of other people as mere objects?
    -Have I been guilty of any homosexual activity?
    -Do I seek to be chaste in my thoughts, words, actions?
    -Am I careful to dress modestly?

    *]You shall not steal.
    -Have I stolen what is not mine?
    -Have I returned or made restitution for what I have stolen?
    -Do I waste time at work, school, and home?
    -Do I gamble excessively, thereby denying my family of their needs?
    -Do I pay my debts promptly?
    -Do I seek to share what I have with the poor?
    -Have I cheated anyone out of what is justly theirs, for example creditors, insurance companies, big corporations?

    *]You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
    -Have I lied? Have I gossiped?
    -Do I speak badly of others behind their back?
    -Am I sincere in my dealings with others?
    -Am I critical, negative or uncharitable in my thoughts of others?
    -Do I keep secret what should be kept confidential?
    -Have I injured the reputation of others by slanders?

    *]You shall not desire your neighbor’s wife.
    -Have I consented to impure thoughts?
    -Have I caused them by impure reading, movies, television, conversation or curiosity?
    -Do I pray at once to banish impure thoughts and temptations?
    -Have I behaved in an inappropriate way with members of the opposite sex: flirting, being superficial, etc.?

    *]You shall not desire your neighbor’s goods.
    -Am I jealous of what other people have?
    -Do I envy the families or possessions of others?
    -Am I greedy or selfish?
    -Are material possessions the purpose of my life?
 
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Netmil(name removed by moderator) -

Do you do a good examination of conscience?
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WELL!
With this before me, no not at all.
But I will from now on!

Thank you and God Bless!
 
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solanus:
I used to try and go once a month then found a great Confessor at another parish and have been (trying) for weekly. He suggests to come 2-3 times a week, which would be very hard for me. He has made the world of differnce in my life in the last 3 months since I had the grace to come accross him.

I love this Sacrament! :bowdown2: and my Confessor 🙂 !
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Don’t you think 2-3 times a week is a bit scrupulous?

Micki
 
netmil(name removed by moderator):
What if one has nothing to say?
I went to confession after 20 years of Communal Confession and touched on the biggies that I could remember. Now I would like to go more often but can’t come up with anything to say.
I am not perfect by any means but I’m not sure.
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Here’s a link to another site which offers a great Examination of Conscience. It includes mortal sins and venial sins. Hope it helps!

catholicparents.org/oxcart/examination.html
 
Weekly, due to reoccurring mortal sins.

Oddly, I was once forbidden from the Sacrament because I had received it the evening before from the same priest. My sins were only venial, but it still upset me. I would go daily if I could. I guess my priest is only trying to prevent scrupulosity.
 
I go to confession weekly. Even if we have only venial sins to confess, we still receive grace from the sacrament. I understand several of our saints went to confession daily. With that example, surely a reprobate like me can drag myself to confession once a week. :yup:
 
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