Reconciling my with God

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I recently had to return to confession after deliberating withholding sins. I witheld these sins due to pride and shame. When I (re)confessed I purposely went to a different priest.

A week has now past and I still can’t help but feel I put the opinions of the priest I confessed to the first time above that of God.

I am considering going back to the first priest confessing I put him before God and finally telling him the sins I omitted.

I know I dont have to do this, but I feel I need/should/want to do this to reconcile myself with God or to make amends.

Am I approaching this correctly or am I mistaken in my thinking somehow?
 
tomcat198uk said:
I know I dont have to do this, but I feel I need/should/want to do this to reconcile myself with God or to make amends.

Am I approaching this correctly or am I mistaken in my thinking somehow?
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You’ve already reconciled with God and His Church. You’re all good! 👍
 
I realise my sins are forgiven. I just felt I owe it to God to truly humble myself by doing this.

Thoughts?
 
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I am not sure what I think is correct

I just felt I owe it to God to truly humble myself by doing this
 
One other consideration I had made was that while I did confess to pride when admitting I omitted the sin and listed not wanting to tell this specific priest as a reason.

I have not directly confessed to putting this specific priest opinion before that of God and wondered whether I should do this or whether it is implied when i confessed pride and listed the priest as a reason.

Thoughts?
 
tomcat198uk said:
I recently had to return to confession after deliberating withholding sins. I witheld these sins due to pride and shame. When I (re)confessed I purposely went to a different priest.

A week has now past and I still can’t help but feel I put the opinions of the priest I confessed to the first time above that of God.

I am considering going back to the first priest confessing I put him before God and finally telling him the sins I omitted.

I know I dont have to do this, but I feel I need/should/want to do this to reconcile myself with God or to make amends.

Am I approaching this correctly or am I mistaken in my thinking somehow?
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Admirably… As in a form of Penance…
 
Hi EndTimes. One other consideration I had made was that while I did confess to pride when admitting I omitted the sin and listed not wanting to tell this specific priest as a reason.

I have not directly confessed to putting this specific priest opinion before that of God and wondered whether I should do this or whether it is implied when i confessed pride and listed the priest as a reason.

Do you thinks worth confessing separately or is it implied thoughts?
 
tomcat198uk said:
Hi EndTimes. One other consideration I had made was that while I did confess to pride when admitting I omitted the sin and listed not wanting to tell this specific priest as a reason.

I have not directly confessed to putting this specific priest opinion before that of God and wondered whether I should do this or whether it is implied when i confessed pride and listed the priest as a reason.

Do you thinks worth confessing separately or is it implied thoughts?
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Since this IS of enough concern to You…

Were it I - and now I’m speaking in generalities here w/o knowing the whole 9

I’d speak to him… Why Not?

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I realise I dont owe it to the priest but can you explain why I dont owe it to God please
 
tomcat198uk said:
I realise I dont owe it to the priest but can you explain why I dont owe it to God please
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Because there is no sin in choosing to confess to another priest. That is your right, and your choice of confessor is yours and yours alone.

Your discomfort in reconfessing to the first priest, while less than ideal, is a perfectly valid reason to go to another priest. There is neither sin nor pride in doing so. If you wanted a more comfortable environment by going to another confessor, you are well within your rights to do so.

As I said. Close this chapter and move on.
 
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I realise I dont owe it to the priest but can you explain why I dont owe it to God please
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Because once you have confessed Sins A, B and C to a priest, and gotten absolved, the sins are gone. If you were to confess them again, it would be like you were doubting God’s gift of absolution. It would be disrespectful to God and an improper use of confession.

It does not matter whether you confessed your Sins A , B and C to Priest X or Priest Y as long as the priest properly absolved them. If you confessed Sins A, B and C to Priest Y and were absolved, then you do not go back and confess the same three sins to Priest X for any reason. The sins don’t exist on your soul any more. It would be like you took a coat to the cleaners to get some spots out and when you got it back with all the spots removed, you took it to a different cleaners and asked them to take out the same spots which aren’t even there any more. It makes no sense.

Also, you are not going to confession to “make amends” with the particular priest or have personal interactions with the priest. The priest is an anonymous conduit for God. He sits there in the person of Christ. You confessed to God in the person of Christ, both times. You don’t go to confession to “make yourself humble” or any of that. You go to confession to tell sins and be absolved. Period.
 
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Am I therefore correct in assuming I do not need to confess (to any priest x y or z) that I had previously forgotten to confess that I held the opinion of ‘a priest’ in confession above that of God.
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The priest is an anonymous conduit for God. He sits there in the person of Christ. You confessed to God in the person of Christ, both times.
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If he sits there in the person of Christ then there was no individual there to hold an opinion in the first place. correct?
 
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Tis_bear explains it well above, though it is a little difficult to wrap your head around.
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Also, you are not going to confession to “make amends” with the particular priest or have personal interactions with the priest. The priest is an anonymous conduit for God. He sits there in the person of Christ. You confessed to God in the person of Christ, both times. You don’t go to confession to “make yourself humble” or any of that. You go to confession to tell sins and be absolved. Period
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Are you familar with the concept of (name removed by moderator)ersona Christi. (I recapped with a 10 minute youtube video to make sure I understood correct) It means ‘in the person of Christ’.

The first time I went to confession I confessed to the priest acting (name removed by moderator)ersona Christi, I was confessing to God the identity of the priest is obsolete. I omitted sins not before the priest but before God.

When I went back to confession and admitted my error. I confessed the omitted sins, why I had omitted them, to sacrilege (for purposely withholding sins in confession ‘a sacrament’) I then had to confess all my sins from the first confession as by withholding sins I had made it an invalid confession and to complete the confession I had to confess any sins committed between my invalid confession and this new one.
All this I did before a God who was present in the priest acting (name removed by moderator)ersona Christi. By going back to confession I was actually reconciling myself with God.

I hope this helps EndTimes perhaps if I am wrong porthos11 of tis_bear can explain it better.
 
tomcat198uk said:
Are you familar with the concept of (name removed by moderator)ersona Christi. (I recapped with a 10 minute youtube video to make sure I understood correct) It means ‘in the person of Christ’.

The first time I went to confession I confessed to the priest acting (name removed by moderator)ersona Christi, I was confessing to God the identity of the priest is obsolete. I omitted sins not before the priest but before God.

When I went back to confession and admitted my error. I confessed the omitted sins, why I had omitted them, to sacrilege (for purposely withholding sins in confession ‘a sacrament’) I then had to confess all my sins from the first confession as by withholding sins I had made it an invalid confession and to complete the confession I had to confess any sins committed between my invalid confession and this new one.
All this I did before a God who was present in the priest acting (name removed by moderator)ersona Christi. By going back to confession I was actually reconciling myself with God.

I hope this helps EndTimes perhaps if I am wrong porthos11 of tis_bear can explain it better.
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Honestly…

It comes across as a convoluted mish-mosh - which attempts to defend what you do or don’t do…

Why wouldn’t you simply tell the priest - what you’ve told the whole world in your OP?

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EndTimes said:
Why wouldn’t you simply tell the priest - what you’ve told the whole world in your OP?
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Because the person has been to a second priest and confessed the omitted sins. They then wanted to go back to the first priest and reconfess sins that were already confessed to the second priest. This is a no-no.
 
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