Should I go to confession?

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Ani_Ibi said:
Perfection is the enemy of the good. šŸ™‚
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Yeah - thatā€™s the famous quote although I didnt know it at the time I phrased my clumsy version. Im a procrastinator and I really need to focus on action rather than ā€œanalysis paralysisā€.
 
GregorytheGreat said:
Iā€™m a Protestant, but am studying the Catholic Church and (gradually) becoming aware and accepting of her doctrines. I accept all her teaching on sin, penance and absolution, and know that I have committed serious mortal sin. What should I do? Can?should i go to confession. I would love to.
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Hi Greg, and welcome to the forums! šŸ‘

A little off subjectā€¦did you know that Gregory I was one of the greatest popes in Catholic Church history? Think ā€œGregorian chantā€.

Anyhow, back on topic, the RCIA is where you need to go. No sacrament is available to you until you go through the process.

Exceptionā€¦on your deathbed you can give confession and receive absolution if you profess your belief in Catholic faith.

FYIā€¦the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) is a stepped process that guides and encourages, but does not insist. You can bow out at any time.

My prayers are with you,
Subrosa
 
Thanks for the replies. Subrosa, I know a little about Gregory the Great - quite a guy!

A lot of you have suggested RCIA classes. There seem to be a lot of these in the US but Iā€™ve never come across many in Ireland. Perhaps itā€™s an Amercian thing. Not many people in Ireland convert, in either direction! Itā€™s still a bit tribal.šŸ˜‰
 
Hi everyone. Iā€™ve made contact with a priest. He was actually thinking of starting up an RCIA class. Can you believe it? Itā€™ll be a while before it gets off the ground, but heā€™s working on it. Thanks for all the advice.šŸ‘
 
GregorytheGreat said:
Hi everyone. Iā€™ve made contact with a priest. He was actually thinking of starting up an RCIA class. Can you believe it? Itā€™ll be a while before it gets off the ground, but heā€™s working on it. Thanks for all the advice.šŸ‘
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That is a great new!
At my parish, I believe they have RCIA year-round.
 
GregorytheGreat said:
Hi everyone. Iā€™ve made contact with a priest. He was actually thinking of starting up an RCIA class. Can you believe it? Itā€™ll be a while before it gets off the ground, but heā€™s working on it. Thanks for all the advice.šŸ‘
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you work fast! lolā€¦

Gregory were you and I seperated at bith or something? lolā€¦ After that mai yesterday and now thisā€¦

Iā€™m currently thinking of converting from Church of England and made a thread a while back when i was feelingā€¦erā€¦guilty? and didnā€™t know what i could do.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=126184

You can request to confess to any pastor/vicar although it will not be a formal confession in the same way that a catholic one iwll be.

I know i was in an anglican church where they had confession but you had to request it from the priest personallyā€¦ they still bind themselves to keep secret anything you tell them - - this may be an option for you until you are received into the catholic churchā€¦

Take care, S

oh yeahā€¦google roman catholic diocese and you get a map of the uk with the areas covered onā€¦click on your area and it lists all the churches near youā€¦click on those and you get all the info and it tells you where rcia is already in place.
 
GregorytheGreat said:
Hi everyone. Iā€™ve made contact with a priest. He was actually thinking of starting up an RCIA class. Can you believe it? Itā€™ll be a while before it gets off the ground, but heā€™s working on it. Thanks for all the advice.šŸ‘
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And tell the priest that you can always bring your questions here to CAF. So if he wants to make sure you are getting a good catechesis, then he ought hurry up with his RCIA.

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