Hi,
Id like to hear your opinion on this strange matter. I decided to convert to Catholic faith but im not attending official course for that yet. Ive been baptised in Lutheran Church as a child. I spoke with two catholic priests and one of them allowed me to confess to him and gave me absolution. However, I dont have any contact to this priest and its impossible to find him again. The second one I spoke to later refused to allow my confession because I am not officially Catholic. Which one was right?
I feel i need a confession. Would it be a sin for me to go to large town where noone knows me and just go to confession without telling priest Im not Catholic yet? I agree with much of your teaching and have definitely decided i want to attend catechumenate classes in the future.
Thanks for your answer.
It is best if you avoid taking part in Sacraments that are reserved for Catholics.
Pretend there’s a wedding and you weren’t invited, but you just sneak up anyway to
eat the food, drink the wine and take part in the festivities. Is that right or wrong?
When you went to confession the first time, even though it was the wrong thing to do, you personally did not commit a sin, because a priest had given you bad advice and you did not know it was wrong. Like LilyM said, “Sacramental absolution, is, like Catholic Eucharist and the majority of the other sacraments, reserved to Catholics alone.”
As you await being part of the Catholic family, I suggest you research more about the Divine Mercy messages given to St Faustina Kowalska by Jesus Christ.
**On February 22, 1931, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ appeared to this simple nun, bringing with Him a wonderful message of Mercy for all mankind. Saint Faustina tells us in her diary under this date:
“In the evening, when I was in my cell, I became aware of the Lord
Jesus clothed in a white garment. One hand was raised in blessing,
the other was touching the garment at the breast. From the opening
of the garment at the breast there came forth two large rays, one
red and the other pale. In silence I gazed intently at the Lord;
my soul was overwhelmed with fear, but also with great joy. After
a while Jesus said to me, ‘paint an image according to the pattern
you see, with the inscription: Jesus, I trust in You.’”
Some time later, Our Lord again spoke to her:
“The pale ray stands for the Water which makes souls righteous;
the red ray stands for the Blood which is the life of souls. These
two rays issued forth from the depths of My most tender Mercy at
that time when My agonizing Heart was opened by a lance on the
Cross…Fortunate is the one who will dwell in their shelter, for
the just hand of God shall not lay hold of him.”**
**Jesus also said:
“You will prepare the world for My final coming.” (Diary 429)
"Speak to the world about My mercy … It is a sign for the end times. After it will come the Day of Justice. While there is still time, let them have recourse to the fountain of My mercy. (Diary 848)
Tell souls about this great mercy of Mine, because the awful day, the day of My justice, is near." (Diary 965).
**
Source:
ewtn.com.au/devotionals/mercy/backgr.htm
Jesus taught St Faustina the Divine Mercy Novena and said:
"Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death. When they say this Chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying person, not as the just Judge but as the Merciful Savior. Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this Chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy . I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy. Through the Chaplet you will obtain everything, if what you ask for is compatible with My will. By this Novena (of Chaplets), I will grant every possible grace to souls."
The point I am trying to make is, REPENT AND ENTRUST YOURSELF IN THE INFINITE MERCY OF JESUS CHRIST! YOUR SINS WILL BE FORGIVEN
When Jesus was dieing a painful death on the cross, there where two thiefs who were crucified next to Him. One thief said to Jesus, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”
But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 “And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!” 43 And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”
As you can see, the good thief entrusted in Jesus’s Divine Mercy and his reward was Salvation.
Don’t commit a sin by going to a “large town where noone knows me and just go to confession without telling priest Im not Catholic yet?”
