Sacrilege or not

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If a person hide one of his sins on his First Confession and he already know that it’s a sin [hiding sins] but he didn’t take the Communion. On his Next Confession, he told the priest the sin that he hid but not what he did during the last confession.

Did he still commit sacrilege?
 
From the Catechism "Sacrilege consists in profaning or treating unworthily the sacraments and other liturgical actions, as well as persons, things, or places consecrated to God."

You speak of someone who made what we will call an incomplete confession.

He realized that this was not a good thing, so, he refrained from Communion.

The person then went and made a full Confession.

It seems the person in question has great respect for the Sacraments and his actions were the opposite of sacrilege.
 
EDIT: misread sorry, he WOULD need to confess to withholding a mortal sin in confession. Since withholding a mortal sin intentionally is gravely sinful, it would also be gravely sinful to withhold the sin of withholding a mortal sin…

In addition he would need to confess all mortal sins not yet forgiven, including the ones in the previous confession, as intentionally withholding a mortal sin invalidates the confession (meaning no sins were forgiven). Edit: So “withholding a mortal sin intentionally” would need to be confessed twice, unless somehow he didn’t know.
 
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Please try to enroll in Religious Ed.
Also, google is your friend. Look up the definition of sacrilege.
If you feel you are falling into scruples, tell your priest sooner than later.
 
yes, I joined an Apologetics class recently but we only meet every Tuesday
 
Wonderful! Congratulations! Soon you will be their best questioner!!!

GOOD LUCK in your studies!!!

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even though he didn’t tell the priest that he lied during his last confession?
 
That is something that your confessor can help with. Lying is a sin, however the gravity of that sin has many moving parts.

Do, make an appointment to speak with him.
 
Apologetics is a good skill, however, do not neglect basic spirituality. Right now, you need a good formation foundation before you go out as an apologist. They don’t send someone into Special Forces until they have been formed as soldiers.
 
Assuming that it was intentional, failing to confess the prior sin of sacrilege (ie: in this case withholding a mortal sin in a prior confession) would indeed be a sacrilege. If the penitent simply forgot to confess it, then no sacrilege, although he should probably put a little more care into a proper examination of conscience beforehand.
 
Well since you say the person recognized hiding a (mortal) sin as sinful, it would seem very clear that it is similarly sinful to hide THAT sin (i.e. to hide the sacrilege) unless it was not intentional.

This person should go back to the priest for confession and confess all the (mortal) sins from his last two confessions, including intentionally withholding mortal sins twice.

I will add that it is good that he did not receive Communion, as doing so would have been yet another sin of sacrilege.
 
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