Putting off confession

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I missed Mass last week. I wasn’t feeling too good on sunday, but I have a feeling I was being groggy and lazy. I am going to goto confession this week but keep putting it off. I think it is mostly attributed to laziness and procrastination.
 
Go. There’s nothing wrong with frequent confession. It’s the Priest’s vocation and the gift from Jesus Christ. It is your GIFT as a Catholic to go to confession. I may go this week again as I try to get my conscience better ordered. It’s a struggle to fight sin and concupiscence. Use the tools we’re given.
 
Absolutely, go to Confession. You sound as if you think you might have committed a sin. Tell the priest; he will advise you. If you sinned you will receive absolution. Think of approaching the Eucharist with a cleansed soul. Then you might find it easier to go and not put it off. God bless you.
 
I was going to reply, but I have to go…get something to drink…

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If you were ill and missed mass it’s not a sin (with the aside that being hungover, if that’s the case, is a seperate issue). Talk to your priest, but it may be a case of being scrupulous.
 
can priests confess their sins to an ordinary Catholic?..because the Scripture says that,

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. (James 5:16)

how can we ROman Catholics make a defense on that argument?
 
I’m not an expert, so I may be wrong.

I geuss the difference here is that James is *not *reiterating the promise of Christ after he was ressurected when He appeared to the disciples. Here James seems to be invoking the benefits of intercessory prayer and forgiveness of those who have wronged you. Perhaps as a way to help satisfy justice, promote charity and heal the damage caused by sin, which is a reason also for penance (the damage sin causes as opposed to the sin itself)

One moral leasson does not exclude the other. The forgiveness that comes with confession is a reconciliation with God. Jesus died for that and that is found in the sacrament of confession.

I (of course) like my speculation but online DR Bible puts a context in your isolated quote and if you go uip a few lines it seems to refer to priestly actions:

drbo.org/chapter/66005.htm
14 Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.
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14 “Let him bring in”… See here a plain warrant of scripture for the sacrament of extreme unction, that any controversy against its institution would be against the express words of the sacred text in the plainest terms.
16 Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth, and it rained not for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again: and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 19 My brethren, if any of you err from the truth, and one convert him: 20 He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way, shall save his soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
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16 “Confess therefore your sins one to another”… That is, to the priests of the church, whom (ver. 14) he had ordered to be called for, and brought in to the sick; moreover, to confess to persons who had no power to forgive sins, would be useless. Hence the precept here means, that we must confess to men whom God hath appointed, and who, by their ordination and jurisdiction, have received the power of remitting sins in his name.
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PetersKeys said:
I missed Mass last week. I wasn’t feeling too good on sunday, but I have a feeling I was being groggy and lazy. I am going to goto confession this week but keep putting it off. I think it is mostly attributed to laziness and procrastination.
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I was just recently in a similar situation, I missed Mass because I was traveling but I knew that I could have easily made small changes to my schedule to make a Mass sometime on Sunday or Saturday night.

I knew that the church in the town next to mine had confession on the eve of the First Friday of each month, but I really didn’t feel like going. All week I was trying to think of excuses not to go, but finally when it was time I decided that I would go because it was good for me and the right thing to do even though I didn’t really want to. After confession I was very happy that I went. We can’t always control our feelings, but we can control how we act on them.
 
flewen said:
can priests confess their sins to an ordinary Catholic?..because the Scripture says that,

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. (James 5:16)

how can we ROman Catholics make a defense on that argument?
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A priest can confess his sins to an ordinary Catholic as any lay Catholic can do it. I personally think that James 5:16 does should apply to everybody in most of the cases. Etc. Etc. Absolution is a different story. The requirements for “confession” changed with history (initially public, later private); however, in the Bible the conditions for absolution (who grants it) are quite clear and have not changed with time.

BTW I see in your profile that you call yourself a catholic but I have the impression that most of your posts look like protestant trolls.
 
Note that one of the capital sins is SLOTH - Distaste for spiritual things because their attainment requires too much labor. It is opposed to the virtue of charity. It is the source of failure to perform works of piety and mercy.
 
Cristiano said:
A priest can confess his sins to an ordinary Catholic as any lay Catholic can do it. I personally think that James 5:16 does should apply to everybody in most of the cases. Etc. Etc. Absolution is a different story. The requirements for “confession” changed with history (initially public, later private); however, in the Bible the conditions for absolution (who grants it) are quite clear and have not changed with time.

BTW I see in your profile that you call yourself a catholic but I have the impression that most of your posts look like protestant trolls.
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hehehe…those are questions raised by my baptist friends…and with this cite, this could help me learn more about my faith as a Catholic…I just want to ask an apology if I’m used to ask something that sometimes those friends of mine (non-catholic friends) corners me to those topics which i am asking to you guys…because I believe, that this website helps me learn about our doctrines more…don’t worry sir, these are just queries and not attacks…I am a Proud Roman Catholic yet still wants answers to those who knows more about our faith…thanks for your answers sir…

Pax,

flewen
 
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