When you confess all the sins of your entire life.
I went to a fssp priest. Mostly because of what I’ve read about them on this forum.
Yeah, that’s what my FSSP priest said too when someone asked him about it. Your next general confession would be based on the date from your most recent general confession.
I made one about 2 months ago and it was private and face-to-face in the rectory. I was told the same thing. This is not the same as the post-Vatican II general confession, which requires that at the next opportunity you confess specifically.
There is no pre-Vatican II or post-Vatican II General Confession. What you’re talking about is General Absolution which is only to be used in extreme emergencies. Any priests who are doing this outside of grave necessity (think 9/11, sinking ship, going into battle, etc) are committing a grave abuse against the sacrament. Do not participate in these general absolution services or whatever they’re called.
I did not have a general absolution service. I did what what done pre-Vatican II. I made a general confession, in private, with the priest. I had done one many years ago too, when in High School.
Where I live there aren’t any FSSP priests. I was curious about the Latin mass and them as confessors. I called the church office and asked to speak to a priest. I explained that I was going to be visiting the area and I had never been to a Latin mass. I had some questions which he answered. Then I told him that I wanted to do a general confession and would it be possible to do that there. He said absolutely and even sounded excited at the request. They have confessions everyday at this chapel and he said to tell the priest that I wanted to make a general confession. He said they don’t have that many confessions. Just don’t do it right before mass. I expressed concern that I didn’t want to make anyone wait, and he reassured me that it was fine. I normally would have made an appointment for this. I was horrified when I saw the confessional and it was the box with a curtain on each side. It was just outside of the chapel near the sacristy. There was one pew nearby for the waiting penitents. I was thinking this was not going to work for this confession and was going to ask for someplace private. But when the priest went in, he turned on a very loud fan. That helped my fears greatly. I would say it took me maybe 20 minutes of just saying sins without giving any background. There was one person waiting when I came out.
he gave you personal pastoral counsel for your personal situation. Follow it and don’t second guess the priest in confession.
If you had confessed and been absolved of certain mortal sins previously and not habitually repeated them, would these need to be brought up again in a general confession, such as if you attended an Ignatius retreat?
). I’m pretty sure you can trust it.There are General Confessions.
Any post baptismal sin is valid matter for confession. So ordinarily one could confess any past confessed sin (Though such may not be recommended…and the say it may happen that ones personal confessor may happen to tell one not to re-confess any already confessed sin from before the general confession). It matters not if one has made a general confession in the past or not. But one could of course if one were to again do a general confession …pick up where one left off…I imagine such was the practice he was familiar with. There are no “rules” I think in terms of a general confession per se when it is purely a devotional confession. If one were to do another in life…one could discuss it with the Priest then.