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Sunflower1
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Hello, I would just like to start by saying that I think that I’m scrupulous, so it’s possible that my doubt is the result of my scrupulosity.
A few months ago, during confession, a priest asked me a question unrelated to my sins, and I answered spontaneously and kind of lied. (I believe it was spontaneous, because I think that I realized/remembered that I lied an hour later or something like that, but at the same time, I think that I knew that what I was saying wasn’t necessarily true. I’m not too sure what was going on in my brain, because this happened around 4 months ago.)Anyway, I ended up confessing this.
But then yesterday I went to confession. At first I thought the priest who was hearing my confession is the one I lied to previously. (It might be him, it might not, I don’t think it’s him though, but at first I think that I thought it was him… yeah that’s a lot of thinking
) When I was still thinking that it was him, during confession, I didn’t tell him that I lied to him about the random question he asked me a few months ago. Anyway I’m feeling a little anxious, but that’s probably the result of scrupulosity. I technically shouldn’t be in a state of mortal sin, since I’m still not 100% sure if it’s a sin. (But even if you think I am, since I’m scrupulous, please keep it to yourself)
But my question is, next time I confess to him, should I tell him about the lie? (There are a lot of priests where I usually go to confession, so I cant know for sure when I’ll confess to him). I’m not sure about what I should do, because it’ll be very awkward to bring it up (I never spoke to this priest outside of the confessional, and I don’t know if he even remembers asking me this question. The answer to this question also didn’t really have an impact on him. He just asked me a few random and basic questions about myself if I remember correctly and then told me that he’ll pray for me) Also, I confessed to him (I’m pretty sure it was him, but it’s always hard to tell behind the screen) before Christmas, but I didn’t tell him about the lie, because it didn’t occur to me that I should tell him about it, since I already confessed it and did the penance that the priest gave me when I confessed this sin.
And for the anxiety that I’m feeling, do you have any prayers that help you? It’s really bothering me to be anxious, because I have exams this week and I want to be more focused.
Thank you
A few months ago, during confession, a priest asked me a question unrelated to my sins, and I answered spontaneously and kind of lied. (I believe it was spontaneous, because I think that I realized/remembered that I lied an hour later or something like that, but at the same time, I think that I knew that what I was saying wasn’t necessarily true. I’m not too sure what was going on in my brain, because this happened around 4 months ago.)Anyway, I ended up confessing this.
But then yesterday I went to confession. At first I thought the priest who was hearing my confession is the one I lied to previously. (It might be him, it might not, I don’t think it’s him though, but at first I think that I thought it was him… yeah that’s a lot of thinking
) When I was still thinking that it was him, during confession, I didn’t tell him that I lied to him about the random question he asked me a few months ago. Anyway I’m feeling a little anxious, but that’s probably the result of scrupulosity. I technically shouldn’t be in a state of mortal sin, since I’m still not 100% sure if it’s a sin. (But even if you think I am, since I’m scrupulous, please keep it to yourself)But my question is, next time I confess to him, should I tell him about the lie? (There are a lot of priests where I usually go to confession, so I cant know for sure when I’ll confess to him). I’m not sure about what I should do, because it’ll be very awkward to bring it up (I never spoke to this priest outside of the confessional, and I don’t know if he even remembers asking me this question. The answer to this question also didn’t really have an impact on him. He just asked me a few random and basic questions about myself if I remember correctly and then told me that he’ll pray for me) Also, I confessed to him (I’m pretty sure it was him, but it’s always hard to tell behind the screen) before Christmas, but I didn’t tell him about the lie, because it didn’t occur to me that I should tell him about it, since I already confessed it and did the penance that the priest gave me when I confessed this sin.
And for the anxiety that I’m feeling, do you have any prayers that help you? It’s really bothering me to be anxious, because I have exams this week and I want to be more focused.
Thank you
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