Should I confess mortal sins ASAP

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Hihi, I am a new Catholic (since 1st November this yr.) and haven’t yet been to confession, I am in mortal sin but also left university around the time lockdown ended so I am in a parish where I don’t know the clergy at all… it’s so awful, I could have gone today before Mass but was too embarrassed to go up :-/. Should I wait until I get back in January…
 
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If you are in mortal sin you should confess as soon as you are able. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know the priests, they can still hear your confession.

I am curious on how you are a new Catholic of college age and haven’t been to confession yet. That would normally happen at or near the time of reception in my parish. Did the parish that received you not require it?
 
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I’d never been baptised before then so I think the initiation sacraments substituted for a general confession
 
Make your act of perfect contrition, and get to confession as soon as you can.

The act of perfect contrition, and the spirituality behind it, needs to be a blade in every Catholic’s “Swiss Army Knife” of absolutely necessary practices. I try to make all of my acts of contrition, acts of perfect contrition.

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life.

Perfect contrition in Catholic theology is a repentance for sin that is motivated by faith and the love of God. It contrasts with imperfect contrition, which arises from a less pure motive, such as common decency, or fear of Hell. The two types of contrition are distinguished by a person’s motive for repentance, rather than the intensity of ones feelings or emotions. It is possible for perfect and imperfect contrition to be experienced simultaneously. According to Catholic theologians, “all that is required is the standard of all human action, moral certainty.” A theologically sound “Act of Contrition” that is said with honesty and that reflects ones true intentions can provide the requisite amount of moral certainty. (Taken from Freebase, emphases mine.)
 
So you were Baptized presumably had your first Communion and Confirmation and now you find yourself with a mortal sin on your soul. My 2 cents is to go to the church where you went to mass and ask when do they offer the Sacrament of Confession or Reconciliation and avail yourself of it as soon as possible. Remember no one knows when our life will be required from us. Better be prepared NOW.

Peace!
 
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I am in a parish where I don’t know the clergy at all
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If anything I’d have thought that might make it easier! Still, each to their own I suppose. A priest has an obligation to hear your confession at any reasonable time - meaning your not limited to the scheduled time slots so call and make an appointment or grab a priest after mass. I realise it’s not as easy as it sounds but you just need to take the ;plunge and just do it! Don’t forget to tell the priest at the start of your confession that you’re a new Catholic - he’ll help walk you through it.
 
I just saw this as a Facebook post and thought of your post. I hope this helps comfort you and motivate you to take advantage of the mercy that we receive from Our Lord in the confessional. God bless!

“Embarrassed to confess to a priest?

Consider this.
At the Last Judgment, all of your sins will be made known to the whole world, to every person of every culture who have ever lived anyway. Better to be consoled at that time that the guilt of your sins are no longer imputed to you since they have been forgiven, than to have the shame of being guilty of them and suffer terrible & everlasting punishments for them.

God only asks of us to confess to one priest of His, in which God forgives you through the work of His priest. Is it really so hard?

Better to annihilate our egotism and fears now, than to carry our pride till the day we die and end up in hellfire.

So the next time you pass by a confessional and see the light on, quit hesitating and just go!”
 
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Consider this.
At the Last Judgment, all of your sins will be made known to the whole world, to every person of every culture who have ever lived anyway.
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Source? I can’t believe that a merciful judge would give pain to others in this way. Suppose a wife had been unfaithful? Why should her husband be given the pain of being told this? Suppose a mother had wanted to lose a baby? Why should the child be told? Suppose a man had raped another? Why should his parents be told?
 
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Suppose a wife had been unfaithful? Why should her husband be given the pain of being told this?
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Speaking only for myself, that is something I would want to know, and would not want to be kept from me. We would be having one serious discussion.
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Suppose a mother had wanted to lose a baby? Why should the child be told?
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That one’s tricky. If the mother has truly changed her feelings, that is probably information the child could live without knowing.
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Suppose a man had raped another? Why should his parents be told?
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I’d want to know that too. We cannot go through life only knowing convenient truths, and not knowing inconvenient or unpleasant ones. (I mean, you can, but that’s kind of a self-sheltered, rose-colored view of life, and not consonant with reality.)
 
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This is a very odd interpretation of 2 Corinthians chapter 5 v 10. It is popular among evangelical fundamentalists.
 
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