Past Sins

[scc11]

I was wondering what the rule was on confessing past sins if you went to confession and didnt confess a sin not because you were withholding it on purpose but because you totally forgot about it?
Reason I ask is, I was just reading my catechism and was reading about using the Lord’s name in vain. About a month ago I accidently said G-D. I know. Before I came back to the church I would say this constantly but now I don’t. This one just totally slipped out and I didnt mean to say it at all.
I went to confession about two weeks ago and confessed a different sin, not this one. I totally forgot about this one.
What should I do.
I know that if we go into confession with the intent of confessing all mortal sins we are forgiven but I just want to make sure.
Sometimes past sins will pop up in my head that I didnt confess before but I dont know whether to confess or not?
Some say yes some say no because you were absolved of them before.
I do an examination of conscience before I go to confession and try to remember as many as I can but sometimes a few slip by me.
Any thoughts or advice?

 

[FathersKnowBest]

I was wondering what the rule was on confessing past sins if you went to confession and didnt confess a sin not because you were withholding it on purpose but because you totally forgot about it?
Reason I ask is, I was just reading my catechism and was reading about using the Lord’s name in vain. About a month ago I accidently said G-D. I know. Before I came back to the church I would say this constantly but now I don’t. This one just totally slipped out and I didnt mean to say it at all.
I went to confession about two weeks ago and confessed a different sin, not this one. I totally forgot about this one.
What should I do.
I know that if we go into confession with the intent of confessing all mortal sins we are forgiven but I just want to make sure.
Sometimes past sins will pop up in my head that I didnt confess before but I dont know whether to confess or not?
Some say yes some say no because you were absolved of them before.
I do an examination of conscience before I go to confession and try to remember as many as I can but sometimes a few slip by me.
Any thoughts or advice?

I’m not a priest or theologian, so don’t take this as official Church teaching, but I wouldn’t be so worried about it.

Next time you go to confession, just mention that you had used God’s name in vain and forgot to confess it.

In my opinion, this is not a mortal sin (even though it is of grave matter) since you didn’t commit it with “full knowledge and deliberate consent.”

From the catechism:
1857 For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: “Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent.”

 

[backbychrist]

Left an abusive husband years ago,separated for many years…few years ago,.made a bad moral choice in sleeping with a man,and had his baby.I look at our precious little boy,and I can’t believe it was evil,under the circumstances.I don’t know if I should keep asking God’s forgiveness for this sin,as I am not completely out of the relationship with this man.I ask God’s forgiveness,and I am sincerely trying to move in a different direction all together.I stopped smoking!((Hough I only smoked once or twice a month),so maybe that’s a sign that I can make a permanent turn away from sinning in that way all together.I want to be morally clean again,but I don’t want to be alone.

 

[thistle]

Left an abusive husband years ago,separated for many years…few years ago,.made a bad moral choice in sleeping with a man,and had his baby.I look at our precious little boy,and I can’t believe it was evil,under the circumstances.I don’t know if I should keep asking God’s forgiveness for this sin,as I am not completely out of the relationship with this man.I ask God’s forgiveness,and I am sincerely trying to move in a different direction all together.I stopped smoking!((Hough I only smoked once or twice a month),so maybe that’s a sign that I can make a permanent turn away from sinning in that way all together.I want to be morally clean again,but I don’t want to be alone.

Leaving an abusive husband is not a sin but as you are still married having a sexual relationship with another man is a sin of grave matter. To be reconciled with God and the Church you will have to cease all sexual activity permanently.