Priest input needed! Confession validity help? Priest cut me off?

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Don’t worry, soldier. Your covered. The priest didn’t let you finish. But God knows you tried. Just mention them in your next confession. Listen to the Old Colonel. He knows what he’s talking about. Hoorah!
 
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You have been validly absolved. That confession is complete and finished. You are not obliged to do anything else, but may want to for your own peace of mind.

Similar questions to this have been asked here in the past.

The best answer was recently from Don Ruggero, a priest and, I understand, a senior in his own order and with a high theological degree.
As a priest, I am the one in control of this sacrament’s celebration when I celebrate it – not the lay person receiving it – because of the mandate of my bishop and the faculties I receive from the Church, through him.
  • I decide if it is appropriate to celebrate the sacrament, guided by the norm of law and by sacramental theology as well as the pastoral need.
  • I decide the penance.
  • I decide whether the person can be absolved or if absolution needs to be deferred, again according to law and the theology of the sacrament.
The confessor told the penitent to cease something he was doing in his confession. I think I can surmise why…but it does not matter. The confessor’s judgement, as the celebrant of this sacrament, means the penitent was correct to comply with the confessor’s instructions and directive.

There is no need for this matter to be dissected by a subsequent confessor since the issues were resolved by the confessor’s judgement and his absolution.
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I was personally in this situation once, when a priest listened to the start of my confession and then said “That’s enough”. I had other mortal sins to confess, and, guided by what I’d read in CAF about the alleged need to mention them in a next confession, I asked the priest in my next confession and was told not to mention those sins.

However, by all means ask your priest in your next confession, for your own peace of mind.

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It is your confidence in yourself that is misplaced – and you have moreover grossly arrived to an incorrect conclusion. Laity in this forum seem to have a recurring problem about the nature of the sacrament of penance and their connection to it As a priest, I am the one in control of this sacrament’s celebration when I celebrate it – not the lay person receiving it – because of the mandate of my bishop and the faculties I receive from the Church, through him. I decide if it is appropriate t…
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I need to become much more assertive 🙂 love you Colonel! God bless!
 
It is valid. The priests do the personal Confession after the penitential service. Perhaps it was not explained to you.
Sometimes they explained though, where you do not have to mention everything and to do away with the introduction.

Don’t worry about it. Rejoice, for Jesus died on the cross for us so that we can rise with him on Easter. Alleluia.
 
The forums used to have an “ask an apologist” section which would have been perfect for this situation, but they moved it off the forum to the main catholic.com website. If it’s still there, I’d ask them. I wish we still had it here though. I looked at it all the time and learned a lot when it was easy to find on the forums, but I digress. Point is, if it’s still around, I suggest asking them.
 
Are penitential services different than regular confession in their requirements?
 
I’m surprised by the lack of tags here to priests, like @Don_Ruggero, etc.
 
Depend on how it is done. There would be a general penitential service and then followed by Confession. If that’s the case, Confession then can be cut short. Not sure in your case, but if the priest wanted to make it short, then it is not your problem.
 
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I’ll try to call tomorrow but they may not be available :confused:
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You don’t need an appointment for mortal sins.

Attend a Mass tomorrow (Wednesday). After the Mass, go to the priest and tell him you need to confess a mortal sin. He is obligated right then and there to hear your confession.

This happens on a regular basis after the weekday Masses at my church. When it happens, the priest will ask everyone else to leave the sacristy so the person can confess his/her sins in private.

Again, no appointment is necessary.
 
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I’m surprised by the lack of tags here to priests, like @Don_Ruggero, etc.
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I cited Don Ruggero’s answer to a similar question recently. See [post 22](https://forums.catholic-questions.org/t/priest-(name removed by moderator)ut-needed-confession-validity-help-priest-cut-me-off/479289/22?u=edmundus1581).

We should be able to use previous answers to save our priests from answering the same questions over and over. (Which I suspect they won’t do, anyway).

As far as I’m concerned, that settles it. This confession was completed by the priest at the time, and there is no need for the OP to do anything more.

My personal advice, on top of that, is that the OP may want to ask about it in his next confession for his own peace of mind, but isn’t obliged to.
 
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We have communal services like this in my UK town in Lent, two parishes come together for a service of reconciliation. A lot of people don’t ever go to individual confession, and this is their once-a-year time.

I never attend them, but my cradle Catholic friends do. They think I’m odd for arranging to see the priest on my own. 🙂
 
Well, it does mean it’s invalid, but I doubt the was any personal sin involved.
 
Don’t worry about it. Whatever you haven’t confessed yet you will confess next time which can be as soon as you want and it’s available during Lent. Don’t hold anything in your heart against the priest cutting you off. It will happen many times and I personally consider it a test from God. It has to do with the line of people waiting so practice generosity, patience and persistence in asking for forgiveness. I mean imagine one day a line of people waiting to go to Heaven and instead of the priest maybe there will an angel testing us and then everything will count including our impatience, our pride demanding to be heard, just about everything will be …like for real. It is not just about us being forgiven but also about being transformed on the inside. God has been waiting for since forever and we can’t just wait until next confession? Can we be filled with the Holy Spirit if we don’t practice giving constantly especially in the presence of Christ like during confession?
God bless.
 
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