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Hello all.
I am familiar in the Moral Theology section people do bring out issues such as these. I am also aware that ultimately, in complicated situations, the best thing to do is to ask one’s confessor. Nevertheless, some (name removed by moderator)ut here would be helpful.
That is: in my confession, when reciting the Act of Contrition prior to Absolution, I ‘thought’ about a dilemma that perhaps I should/should not inform the priest about (relating to an issue from a/some previous confession/s, i.e.: wondering that perhaps my sorrow was more ‘emotional’ that from true and from the soul) something. All the while I ‘tensed up’ with the feeling ‘‘You could well be committing a mortal sin’’. Just to note, this tense up feeling is not the first time i received it, ie; I have in instances where, let’s say for an example, I thought i was in a position to tell/ask my parents on something important, and just ‘didn’t’. (Sometimes, possibly, i think if i did act to get rid of such a tense up feeling, i would be acting more imprudently anyway). Any way that’s what happened in the confessional, and i received absolution, and at the time, it’s a strong possibility I did not have the requisite contrition, i.e.: in worrying. What’s more I left the confessional and went to kneel down and the priest was still in the confessional listening to other confessions. I thought I should go back in. Then I may have consented to cowardice, i.e.: what will others think of me, what will the priest think of me.
Now I wonder whether i should receive holy communion at the next Mass.
I realise this does soud scrupulous, but nevertheless, I think there is reason for valid concern. Agree?
I am familiar in the Moral Theology section people do bring out issues such as these. I am also aware that ultimately, in complicated situations, the best thing to do is to ask one’s confessor. Nevertheless, some (name removed by moderator)ut here would be helpful.
That is: in my confession, when reciting the Act of Contrition prior to Absolution, I ‘thought’ about a dilemma that perhaps I should/should not inform the priest about (relating to an issue from a/some previous confession/s, i.e.: wondering that perhaps my sorrow was more ‘emotional’ that from true and from the soul) something. All the while I ‘tensed up’ with the feeling ‘‘You could well be committing a mortal sin’’. Just to note, this tense up feeling is not the first time i received it, ie; I have in instances where, let’s say for an example, I thought i was in a position to tell/ask my parents on something important, and just ‘didn’t’. (Sometimes, possibly, i think if i did act to get rid of such a tense up feeling, i would be acting more imprudently anyway). Any way that’s what happened in the confessional, and i received absolution, and at the time, it’s a strong possibility I did not have the requisite contrition, i.e.: in worrying. What’s more I left the confessional and went to kneel down and the priest was still in the confessional listening to other confessions. I thought I should go back in. Then I may have consented to cowardice, i.e.: what will others think of me, what will the priest think of me.
Now I wonder whether i should receive holy communion at the next Mass.
I realise this does soud scrupulous, but nevertheless, I think there is reason for valid concern. Agree?