Questions regarding Confession/Eucharist

[chefmomster2]

I’m having trouble with this particular portion of a CA tract on Scrupulosity:

If you commit a genuine sin and your next confession is three weeks off, don’t obsess. Assuming that you are sorry, God forgives you as you anticipate the sacrament. When you ask God’s forgiveness, you are affected by the confession you will make several weeks hence.

Does this mean that if I commit a mortal sin between confessions and it has been but a few days (hours even) since my last confession, does that mean that God can forgive me himself if I am truly sorry for my sins? I’m asking this in terms of reception of the Eucharist.

All sins are genuine sins. You need to learn the difference between venial and mortal sins.

Venial sins can be forgiven by God at any time without a priest. There is a penitential rite in the Mass. Your venial sins are forgiven at that time. You may always receive communion if you have committed only venial sin.

Mortal sins must be forgiven by a priest at confession. It doesn’t matter when you ladt confessed or when you will plan to go next. As I said in a previous post, you should go to confession as soon as possible after you commit mortal sin. You cannot receive communion with mortal sin on your soul.

 

[Soniczelda_514]

Today did not start in a good foot:

I confronted my dad, I cursed and I told my dad, with a vitriolic tone:

“you are headed to Hell because I have shown you the truth of the Church. You are anathema.”

He then tried to command the “Demon of Catholicism” to depart from me…

I feel that I may be now in mortal sin, am I in fact?

 

[chefmomster2]

Today did not start in a good foot:
I confronted my dad, I cursed and I told my dad, with a vitriolic tone: “you are headed to Hell because I have shown you the truth of the Church. You are anathema.” He then tried to command the “Demon of Catholicism” to depart from me… I feel that I may be now in mortal sin, am I in fact?

It was certainly sinful. Among other things it was a sin of pride because you presumed to do what belongs to God only- you judged your father. You also declared him anathema- something that you are completely and totally without the authority to do.

Why should your Dad believe you about the errors of his faith and the correctness of yours? You don’t believe in his faith even though you have been told about it. If the screaming, vitriolic person he saw before him is what Catholicism looks like, why would he want any part of it?

You are not responsible for your Dad’s relationship with God. That is between your Dad and Him. Considering the hostility of your relationship, it is certainly not recommended that you try to instruct Him in the faith. You could end up actually turning him further away from God.

I recommend making religion a subject that you do not discuss with your Dad. It is, for you, a “near occasion of sin”, a situation that may cause you to sin. Since you seem very unclear of Catholic teaching, you need to study and learn much more before you seek to preach it to others. For now let your good and loving acts, especially for your dad, speak loudly for our faith.

Since you are unclear that it is mortal sin, it cannot be mortal sin. But write it down and confess it to your priest at your next confession. That is always a good idea when we are unsure.

 

[Soniczelda_514]

I might be getting scrupulous again:

Strike one:

I went to Confession once again today, and everything went well until I was required to leave with my dad to help him at the house, that was when I snatched my Rosary angrily from my bedside and went off to help dad out.

Strike two:

In the past, I have pirated massive amounts of software.

I deleted everything for the most part, but had forgotten about software pirated on my game console.

Having a physical copy of the game I wanted to play, I played the pirated copy instead, given that it was more easily accessible/less likely to crash on me.

I ended up deleting all pirated content a short while afterwards.

I feel as thought I have committed a mortal sin on both accounts. have I?

 

[Soniczelda_514]

I need an answer ASAP, I will be going to Mass tomorrow at 8 AM and plan on partaking of the Eucharist.

 

[chefmomster2]

I am not going to be able to answer every case for you. I just can’t take on the moral responsibilitty for that. I wish I vould know for sure what the answers are for you, but like all sinners, I am working at trying to figure all this out, too.

Did you read the article that I suggested? If you have not, please do. What you need is a better understanding of sin so that you can make good moral decisions. You will have less trouble identifying and avoiding mortal sin when you understand it better.

You need to get a handle on your anger. It will get you into all kinds of spiritusl trouble. You may need counseling to help you with your anger and your relationship with your dad. Until then, remember that Jesus told us that in everyone we help, and everyone we hurt, He is present. When we do unto them, we do unto Him. Meditate on this and imagine Jesus residing in your Dad. How will you treat him in a way that will please Jesus?

Double check that every bit of pirated materials are gone from every possible place. Remove every speck of anything you have that you should not have. Again, this is about removing temptation. If you keep yourself free of the temptations that most often cause you to sin, it will become much easier to avoid sin.