Invalid Confessions?

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Maybe I just have not had this experience with Christ. I do not see the point in repenting. Some things I genuinely feel bad for. Some things I do not really care. I do not agree, understand how they are sins. If I go by what every last person tells me, I would be a in the confessional booth forever. People say often people try to deflect the truth or it strikes a nerve with you. I am not sure if I agree, well I feel guilty for a lot of things — I am convinced I am not the spawn of Satan. Maybe I am? I apologize that well I cannot be perfect. What exactly does God want from us anyways? I do not see the point in confessing a sin I do not feel guilty for.
 
I do not think I have developed a conscience outside of what others thinks of me (approve/disapprove). I rarely think of what I internally feel is right/wrong.
 
Have you discussed this with your confessor?

You actually don’t need to confess every single thing every single person tells you is a sin. You are only obliged to confess your *mortal *sins.
 
Moral relativism has created for many people an inability to see certain things as sins if they do not directly affect another person in a negative light. But sin isn’t about what we do to other people, directly. It’s about what we do to God. King David said, “Against you alone have I sinned.” He had done some pretty bad things, but he’s right- it’s against God that we sin.

Trust that God’s rules haven’t changed. The 10 Commandments still apply. Jesus’ teachings still apply. If you don’t understand how they apply to your life, I recommend watching on YouTube “Father Larry Richards- Confession”. He breaks it down pretty well, even on sins that many people nowadays don’t consider sins.
 
CRATUS said:
Maybe I just have not had this experience with Christ. I do not see the point in repenting. Some things I genuinely feel bad for. Some things I do not really care. I do not agree, understand how they are sins. If I go by what every last person tells me, I would be a in the confessional booth forever. People say often people try to deflect the truth or it strikes a nerve with you. I am not sure if I agree, well I feel guilty for a lot of things — I am convinced I am not the spawn of Satan. Maybe I am? I apologize that well I cannot be perfect. What exactly does God want from us anyways? I do not see the point in confessing a sin I do not feel guilty for.
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Like What…:confused:
 
Maybe you should tell the priest in confession that you don’t believe x is a sin and therefore have trouble confessing it. There are things that we don’t always understand, but I believe that you have to accept that the church is correct in Her teaching, even if we don’t understand it. Gods ways are not always our ways and just like Our Lady and the apostles, we often have to submit to God’s ways when they would not otherwise be our ways. This has happened a lot in the scriptures. We accept this, because we accept that the church is Christ’s presence on earth. 👍
 
It is not necessary to feel sorry for the sins you confess–only that you regret them for primarily spiritual reasons–even if it is only fear of hell that makes you regret it and of course, that you confess all the mortal sins you can remember.

Also, just because someone says something is a sin doesn’t necessarily make it so. If you don’t know if something is sinful, than you should check the online CCC and if that doesn’t help than ask a priest.
 
CRATUS said:
Maybe I just have not had this experience with Christ. I do not see the point in repenting. Some things I genuinely feel bad for. Some things I do not really care. I do not agree, understand how they are sins. If I go by what every last person tells me, I would be a in the confessional booth forever. People say often people try to deflect the truth or it strikes a nerve with you. I am not sure if I agree, well I feel guilty for a lot of things — I am convinced I am not the spawn of Satan. Maybe I am? I apologize that well I cannot be perfect. What exactly does God want from us anyways? I do not see the point in confessing a sin I do not feel guilty for.
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Read the Catholic Catechism of the Catholic Church, available online to read,

This has most of catholic teaching

Write down all mortal sins you remember from all your life (since last valid confession if you ever had a valid confession), how many occasions approx of each, and any situation about them that made them more sinful.

Ring a catholic priest to arrange a private one on one general confession. Or find out a monastery near you to confess to a priest there.
 
ChibiViolet said:
It is not necessary to feel sorry for the sins you confess–only that you regret them for primarily spiritual reasons–even if it is only fear of hell that makes you regret it and of course, that you confess all the mortal sins you can remember.

Also, just because someone says something is a sin doesn’t necessarily make it so. If you don’t know if something is sinful, than you should check the online CCC and if that doesn’t help than ask a priest.
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That is true. Anything the Catholic Church Catechism states is mortal sin (under the commandments), is a mortal sin.

You said you don’t care about some sins?
The confession is still valid if you confess out of fear of ending up in hell. That’s a Holy Fear of God’s Justice. Which is also a fear of being seperated from God and His goodness forever.
 
OurLadysServant said:
That is true. Anything the Catholic Church Catechism states is mortal sin (under the commandments), is a mortal sin.

You said you don’t care about some sins?
The confession is still valid if you confess out of fear of ending up in hell. That’s a Holy Fear of God’s Justice. Which is also a fear of being seperated from God and His goodness forever.
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Sounds like immature spirituality.
 
CRATUS said:
Sounds like immature spirituality.
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Better than no spirituality. We all have to start somewhere. You might read CS Lewis’ Mere Christianity, particularly the chapter on the Our Father. It has some helpful insights in this regard, at least as regards an “immature spirituality.”

-ACEGC
 
CRATUS said:
Sounds like immature spirituality.
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Fear of God’s Justice is Holy.
That’s why it’s acceptable to God as a form of sorrow for confession validly.

Look at the whole Old Testament, God sending prophets to His people, to warn them of punishment that sins bring upon them if they do not repent,
 
CRATUS said:
I do not think I have developed a conscience outside of what others thinks of me (approve/disapprove). I rarely think of what I internally feel is right/wrong.
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Read the Catholic Catechism it contains lists of grave matter, why.these are grave matter, and how they are mortal sins under the three conditions

I find the church excellent in explaining this, you will understand why it teaches each, why.each is serious, why it cuts us off from God.
 
CRATUS said:
Maybe I just have not had this experience with Christ. I do not see the point in repenting. Some things I genuinely feel bad for. Some things I do not really care. I do not agree, understand how they are sins. If I go by what every last person tells me, I would be a in the confessional booth forever. People say often people try to deflect the truth or it strikes a nerve with you. I am not sure if I agree, well I feel guilty for a lot of things — I am convinced I am not the spawn of Satan. Maybe I am? I apologize that well I cannot be perfect. What exactly does God want from us anyways? I do not see the point in confessing a sin I do not feel guilty for.
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Q. What exactly does God want from us anyways?
A. From Baltimore Catechism 1: 6. Q. Why did God make you?
A. God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him for ever in heaven.
9. Q. What must we do to save our souls?
A. To save our souls, we must worship God by faith, hope, and charity; that is, we must believe in Him, hope in Him, and love Him with all our heart.
And we read in the Bible: Matthew 2236 Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. 38 This is the greatest and the first commandment. 39 And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.
Q. What is the point in repenting?

A. Salvation, that we may have happiness in heaven. “conversion (metanoia), in its precisely Christian meaning, signifies a change in thinking and in acting, as the expression of the new life in Christ proclaimed by faith: a continuous reform of thought and deeds directed at an ever more intense identification with Christ (cf. Gal 2:20), to which the baptized are called before all else. This is, in the first place, the meaning of the call made by Jesus himself: “repent and believe in the Gospel” (Mk 1:15; cf. Mt 4:17).” - 1
Q. What is the point in confessing a sin I do not feel guilty for?
A. Salvation is the purpose. There does not have to be a feeling of guilt. Guilt is a fact. There needs to be recognition of the sin, and for intentional grave sins, sorrow and firm resolve not to repeat them. Then we confess in the sacrament and receive absolution from the priest. Baltimore Catechism:391. When is our sorrow interior?
Our sorrow is interior when it comes from our heart, and not merely from our lips.

Q. I am convinced I am not the spawn of Satan. Maybe I am?

A. God creates us good, however we may choose to be uncharitable to God and others. Christ said:Matt 6:24 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
1 - vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20071203_nota-evangelizzazione_en.html
 
Vico said:
Q. What exactly does God want from us anyways?
A. From Baltimore Catechism 1: 6. Q. Why did God make you?
A. God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him for ever in heaven.
9. Q. What must we do to save our souls?
A. To save our souls, we must worship God by faith, hope, and charity; that is, we must believe in Him, hope in Him, and love Him with all our heart.
And we read in the Bible: Matthew 2236 Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. 38 This is the greatest and the first commandment. 39 And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.
Q. What is the point in repenting?

A. Salvation, that we may have happiness in heaven. “conversion (metanoia), in its precisely Christian meaning, signifies a change in thinking and in acting, as the expression of the new life in Christ proclaimed by faith: a continuous reform of thought and deeds directed at an ever more intense identification with Christ (cf. Gal 2:20), to which the baptized are called before all else. This is, in the first place, the meaning of the call made by Jesus himself: “repent and believe in the Gospel” (Mk 1:15; cf. Mt 4:17).” - 1
Q. What is the point in confessing a sin I do not feel guilty for?
A. Salvation is the purpose. There does not have to be a feeling of guilt. Guilt is a fact. There needs to be recognition of the sin, and for intentional grave sins, sorrow and firm resolve not to repeat them. Then we confess in the sacrament and receive absolution from the priest. Baltimore Catechism:391. When is our sorrow interior?
Our sorrow is interior when it comes from our heart, and not merely from our lips.

Q. I am convinced I am not the spawn of Satan. Maybe I am?

A. God creates us good, however we may choose to be uncharitable to God and others. Christ said:Matt 6:24 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
1 - vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20071203_nota-evangelizzazione_en.html
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Isn’t immature to only repent of your transgressions because you are scared of being hit by a bus that day or struck by lightning?
 
CRATUS said:
Isn’t immature to only repent of your transgressions because you are scared of being hit by a bus that day or struck by lightning?
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Since it is called imperfect it could be considered immature, however it is sufficient for sacramental confession.
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Catechism of the Catholic Church:*1453 The contrition called “imperfect” (or “attrition”) is also a gift of God, a prompting of the Holy Spirit. It is born of the consideration of sin’s ugliness or the fear of eternal damnation and the other penalties threatening the sinner (contrition of fear). Such a stirring of conscience can initiate an interior process which, under the prompting of grace, will be brought to completion by sacramental absolution. By itself however, imperfect contrition cannot obtain the forgiveness of grave sins, but it disposes one to obtain forgiveness in the sacrament of Penance. 52

52 Cf. Council of Trent (1551): DS 1678; 1705.
 
Confession is only ONE STEP in the PROCESS
of getting my life right w/ God, the others are
conviction(by the Holy Spirit and/or God’s Word),
sorrow, repentance, then comes confession and
finally satisfaction. ALL of these are at work in me
because God is ACTing in my life. As the Scriptures
say “It is time for GOD to act, Your laws are being
broken” Ps. 119:126
 
CRATUS said:
Isn’t immature to only repent of your transgressions because you are scared of being hit by a bus that day or struck by lightning?
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Hardly.
At the very least it is acknowledgementthat it is a transgression of God’s law and a need to repent.

Asking forgiveness at all is better then not.
 
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