Should I go to Confession again?

[catholic0913]

I have two questions and I am wondering if I should go to Confession again.

Q1. I went to a confession a couple months ago, and I confessed my sin in honest manner but I didn’t tell the priest how many times I have committed the sin, because at that time I did not know that I am supposed to inform the priest on the number of the sin committed, and also because I cannot count how many times I have done this because I have done it “so many times”. What I told priest during the confession was that “I have done some psychic readings” .Should I go to confession again because I didn’t tell the priest how many times I have committed the sin?

Q2. I knew that every Catholic should avoid eating meat on Fridays, but on the last two Fridays I had meat because I couldn’t resist the temptation. Should I go to confession with regards to this matter? Have I committed a mortal sin by having meat on Friday?

Thank you,

 

[pianistclare]

If the priest wanted to know how many times he would have asked. He absolved you. Period.
The Fri fast and abstinence is not in force anymore. Some people do it as an additional sacrifice but it’s not mandatory.
No sin there.

 

[catholic0913]

If I ate meat on Friday and did not do any penance, am I in a state of mortal sin?

 

[Bookcat]

If the priest wanted to know how many times he would have asked. He absolved you. Period.
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It is *Confession *not interrogation.

It is not about what a Priest “wants” - it is about our what we are to do confess.

We are tell the Priest the kind and the number of mortal sins -that is our obligation.

 

[Bookcat]

Were they mortal sins that were committed? (where there is not only grave matter but the needed knowledge and deliberate consent?).

It is only these that we are to confess in number and kind.

(and if we do not know the number we can approximate according to what we know - and if say we committed car theft 3 x (to pick a wild example) and we honestly * forget* to say it was three times…or honestly had not clue we had to…we are simply to bring that to the next confession.)

Venial sins can be confessed in a more general way when confessed. No numbers needed as well.
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Compendium** issued by Pope Benedict XVI
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395. When does one commit a mortal sin?**

1855-1861
1874

One commits a mortal sin when there are simultaneously present: grave matter, full knowledge, and deliberate consent. This sin destroys charity in us, deprives us of sanctifying grace, and, if unrepented, leads us to the eternal death of hell. It can be forgiven in the ordinary way by means of the sacraments of Baptism and of Penance or Reconciliation.

396. When does one commit a venial sin?

1862-1864
1875

One commits a venial sin, which is essentially different from a mortal sin, when the matter involved is less serious or, even if it is grave, when full knowledge or complete consent are absent. Venial sin does not break the covenant with God but it weakens charity and manifests a disordered affection for created goods. It impedes the progress of a soul in the exercise of the virtues and in the practice of moral good. It merits temporal punishment which purifies.

304. Which sins must be confessed?

1456

All grave sins not yet confessed, which a careful examination of conscience brings to mind, must be brought to the sacrament of Penance. The confession of serious sins is the only ordinary way to obtain forgiveness.

vatican.va/archive/compendium_ccc/documents/archive_2005_compendium-ccc_en.html

(grave sin means mortal sins (serious sins)…see above: grave matter, full knowledge and complete consent).

 

[Bookcat]

One would do well to bring your question to your Priest in confession - he can guide you.

 

[pianistclare]

It is *Confession *not interrogation.

It is not about what a Priest “wants” - it is about our what we are to do confess.

We are tell the Priest the kind and the number of mortal sins -that is our obligation.

It must be different where you are. Our priests strongly ask us not to mention number, They want to know what we struggle with, and do not ever ask how many times.
I have mentioned numbers, and have been admonished for it.

 

[Bookcat]

It must be different where you are. Our priests strongly ask us not to mention number, They want to know what we struggle with, and do not ever ask how many times.
I have mentioned numbers, and have been admonished for it.

Yes in the confession of venial sins - there is no need for numbers.

(though one may give them).

It is only for mortal sins that one is obliged to confess in number and kind.

This an obligation - not something that is optional (though there are certain exceptions -kinds of impossibility… a person is dying and has not time… certain cases of scrupulosity etc…)

It is not a local thing - this is throughout the Catholic Church and throughout the World…and even if you and the Priest are on the Moon…or Mars…(unless of course something makes it not possible to confess…the space helmet etc…then if you survive one would confess the mortal sins not directly confessed…)

Again only for* mortal sins*.

I can see some penitents trying to number* all *their venial sins that yes become problematic for some…so I can see Priest suggesting them to focus on some particular venial sins to work on especially etc…

 

[catholic0913]

If I ate meat on Friday and did not do any work of charity or penance, am I in a state of mortal sin?

 

[PraiseChrist]

If I ate meat on Friday and did not do any work of charity or penance, am I in a state of mortal sin?

Objectively speaking no. It’s not grave matter to eat meat on Friday and not do penance.

But if you thought as a fact that it was grave matter, and you still ate meat and didn’t do penance, then I would bring it up in confession to be sure (unless you have a problem with scrupulosity), since intent can change the situation.

Peace always

 

[frumacat]

It is *Confession *not interrogation.

It is not about what a Priest “wants” - it is about our what we are to do confess.

We are tell the Priest the kind and the number of mortal sins -that is our obligation.

It must be different where you are. Our priests strongly ask us not to mention number, They want to know what we struggle with, and do not ever ask how many times.
I have mentioned numbers, and have been admonished for it.

Interesting, I’ve never heard this from a confessor. Whenever I’ve gone to confession I’ve never been admonished for not organizing my sins in severity and in number lol. It’s always been much less formal than that.