If I say this in confession do I have to confess mortal sins I remember?

[fakename]

I generally try to say that I am sorry for any mortal sins I forgot.

I heard that this is basically a confession of that takes care of having to remember old mortal sins and confessing those, at a new confession.

Is this true?

 

[Godisgreat23]

I generally try to say that I am sorry for any mortal sins I forgot.

I heard that this is basically a confession of that takes care of having to remember old mortal sins and confessing those, at a new confession.

Is this true?

You could do that by naming the sins you are really sorry for and For all the Other sins you don’t remember father please forgive me. I have been using this site lately before confession it has a massive list of sins. So you can classify them quite easily

absolution-online.com/confessional/

PS the penance is quite good on the site but nothing will match a proper confession by the priest.

 

[catholictiger]

I generally try to say that I am sorry for any mortal sins I forgot.

I heard that this is basically a confession of that takes care of having to remember old mortal sins and confessing those, at a new confession.

Is this true?

there is nothing wrong with saying that BUT, it doesn’t cover the debt of punishment due for sin. You must be consciously aware of a sin in order for you not to spend time in purgatory for it. Now plenary indulgences do cover the debt of punishment, but there is never really any assurance of the paying of debt of punishment as there would be in confession. So lets say you are 50 and you remember some sin you did when you were 25, or maybe you are 25 and you learned something was a serious sin that when you were a teen you didn’t think was a bad sin but still a sin and therefore never confessed it. Confess that sin, say to the priest I’ve already been forgiven for this sin but I forgot to bring it up in a previous confession, I did XYZ.

To avoid purgatory completely you must pay the debt for all sins, so if you forget to confess something confess it at your next confession.

 

[dshix]

I generally try to say that I am sorry for any mortal sins I forgot.

I heard that this is basically a confession of that takes care of having to remember old mortal sins and confessing those, at a new confession.

Is this true?

At the end of confession, you say “For these and all my sins I am truly sorry” (more or less) and that covers all your sins you may have forgotten, including mortal sins.

HOWEVER, if you later remember a mortal sin that you had forgotten to confess, you MUST confess it in your next confession, on pain of committing another mortal sin of sacrilege.

 

[StudentMI]

At the end of confession, you say “For these and all my sins I am truly sorry” (more or less) and that covers all your sins you may have forgotten, including mortal sins.

HOWEVER, if you later remember a mortal sin that you had forgotten to confess, you MUST confess it in your next confession, on pain of committing another mortal sin of sacrilege.

Fr. John Echert doesn’t say it’s a mortal sin to not confess a mortal sin you had forgotten but remembered after receiving absolution.

ewtn.com/vexperts/showmessage.asp?number=314942

 

[Bookcat]

I generally try to say that I am sorry for any mortal sins I forgot.

I heard that this is basically a confession of that takes care of having to remember old mortal sins and confessing those, at a new confession.

Is this true?

Not true if what one means is that one is not then obliged to confess the forgotten mortal sins. One need to still confess them in the next confession once one remembers them --unless of course they are simply never remembered.

 

[Bookcat]

Jimmy Akin of Catholic Answers

“You are forgiven if you meant to confess all your mortal sins and just forgot one. Having been forgiven of the one you forgot, you are still obligated to confess it the next time you go to confession. It’s not that your forgiveness of it is conditional on you adopting the intention to confess it next time. That sin has already been forgiven. It’s that you incur a new sin if you refuse to adopt the intention of confessing it.”

jimmyakin.com/2006/09/a_reader_writes_1.html

 

[StudentMI]

Jimmy Akin of Catholic Answers

“You are forgiven if you meant to confess all your mortal sins and just forgot one. Having been forgiven of the one you forgot, you are still obligated to confess it the next time you go to confession. It’s not that your forgiveness of it is conditional on you adopting the intention to confess it next time. That sin has already been forgiven. It’s that you incur a new sin if you refuse to adopt the intention of confessing it.”

jimmyakin.com/2006/09/a_reader_writes_1.html

Does anyone know of any official documents regarding this? I’ve been told by a priest that it’s already forgiven if I received absolution already, and the Echert link above says something similar and he said he doesn’t even think you have to confess it.

 

[Bookcat]

I’ve been told by a priest that it’s already forgiven if I received absolution already, and the Echert link above says something similar and he said he doesn’t even think you have to confess it.

If one remembers after absolution --one need not start confession again. For one has been absolved of it --one meant to confess but it was forgotten. One would bring it to the next confession if it was mortal.

 

[Bookcat]

I will note though that there are some who struggle with scruples to various degrees…struggle with scrupulosity. For some readers out there can struggle with such.

They need a “regular confessor” can guide them – they can be even “in a different boat” than others.

They can start to want to confess all sorts of unneeded things and unneeded details and need a regular confessor to direct them–often they are they have been told by their confessor to not confess any “past sin” that is remembered unless both of the following is true 1.One is certain it was mortal and 2. One isCertain it was not confessed rightly. And their confessor might for example tell them not to look for past sins (being it stirs up their scruples)–for give various other directions which are suited to them with their scruples etc etc.

 

[dshix]

This:

Fr. John Echert doesn’t say it’s a mortal sin to not confess a mortal sin you had forgotten but remembered after receiving absolution.

ewtn.com/vexperts/showmessage.asp?number=314942

Is answered with this:

Jimmy Akin of Catholic Answers

“You are forgiven if you meant to confess all your mortal sins and just forgot one. Having been forgiven of the one you forgot, you are still obligated to confess it the next time you go to confession. It’s not that your forgiveness of it is conditional on you adopting the intention to confess it next time. That sin has already been forgiven. It’s that you incur a new sin if you refuse to adopt the intention of confessing it.”

jimmyakin.com/2006/09/a_reader_writes_1.html

 

[StudentMI]

This:

Is answered with this:

I would like to see official documents, though. It’s not that I’m saying you’re wrong, I’d just like to know for sure. Jimmy Akin doesn’t provide any links or citations for that.

 

[dshix]

I would like to see official documents, though. It’s not that I’m saying you’re wrong, I’d just like to know for sure. Jimmy Akin doesn’t provide any links or citations for that.

Fair enough.

 

[Bookcat]

I would like to see official documents, though. It’s not that I’m saying you’re wrong, I’d just like to know for sure. Jimmy Akin doesn’t provide any links or citations for that.

Jimmy Akin is correct.

To give a couple:

The Compendium issued by Pope Benedict XVI asks: Which sins must be confessed?

and answers-- All grave sins **not yet **confessed…

The Code of Canon Law to states that one is obliged to confess all grave sins (mortal sins)(prior to baptism that is) – that have not been “acknowledged in individual confession” – not submitted directly to the keys.

(if one needs to discuss it more one may pm me)

What I would note there can be exceptions --like one does not remember the mortal sin later—or is dying and has no time…

Also and importantly as I noted before:

There are some who struggle with scruples to various degrees…struggle with scrupulosity. For some readers out there can struggle with such.

They need a “regular confessor” can guide them – they can be even “in a different boat” than others.

They can start to want to confess* all sorts of unneeded things and unneeded details* and need a regular confessor to direct them–often they may be told by their confessor to not confess any “past sin” that is remembered unless both of the following is true 1.One is* certain* it was mortal and 2. One is certain it was not confessed rightly. And their confessor might for example tell them not to look for past sins (being it stirs up their scruples)–for give various other directions which are suited to them with their scruples etc etc.