Quick question about the eucharist

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I made it to confession today. It had been a long time. I confessed to lots of sins. Being how it’s been years I couldn’t remember every bad thing I have ever done. I covered the broad strokes. My priest did absolution and I did my penance.

Here’s the thing. My priest wants me to come back and do more confession in a couple of weeks. Does this mean I am still banned from the Eucharist?

I don’t want to look like an idiot tomorrow if I walk up to receive communion he laughs and tells me to get out of line.
 
As long as you confessed all of the mortal sins you could remember, you should be ok to receive at the next Mass you attend. Be sure and make an appointment with the priest to finish up. 👍
 
Perhaps he just wants you to get in the habit of going regularly. I know at our parish our Priest encourages us to go at least once a month and every week if possible.
 
Since you received absolution, you can be secure in the knowledge that you are now reconciled with the Church. As you remember your forgotten mortal sins, be sure and mention those in your next Confession, but now be at peace, enjoy the graces of the Eucharist, and … welcome home!
 
I don’t really feel forgiven. Maybe I should just hang back in the pew like I’ve been doing.
 
Cory said:
I don’t really feel forgiven. Maybe I should just hang back in the pew like I’ve been doing.
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I understand the feelings you are having, but I would encourage you to exercise a bit more trust in the Church and her agent, the priest. You have a right to rejoin the faithful in the sacramental life. Exercise that right as soon as you can, and I promise that you will begin feeling better. If you really aren’t sure, schedule another meeting with your priest, in or out of the confessional, and ask for his help in working through your doubts.

You will be in my prayers.
 
Don’t go by your feelings - feelings are unreliable. Your priest gave you absolution. That is a fact - a done deal. Whether you feel anything matters not a whit. The Church has the Sacrament of Reconciliation for just that reason.

I know how you feel because I rarely “feel” forgiven - but I KNOW I have been forgiven.
 
Hi Cory,

Congratz 😛

If a human being is a sailing boat, then our feelings would be our sail, and our conscience - properly formed by Catholic teaching - would be our wheel & compass, not the other way around. Our feelings are what motivate/empower us to be able to carry out actions, but we don’t use them to make decisions of conscience anymore than we would use a sail as though it were a wheel & compass. You’d be using a good tool for the wrong job.
 
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