Should I repeat my confession?

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Dear Bookcat, I would like to acknowledge the work and thought you have put into these posts. I must leave the discussion without further comment how all this might apply to the OPs question, however you contributions are authoritative and informative.

I may will reread these posts if I need to consider this topic again.

Thankyou.

Have a blessed Christmas,

Edmundus.
 
My advice to the original poster is this. don’t listen to advice from posters on forums (who in most cases are probably just a layman like yourself) when it comes to matters of such grave importance as your eternal salvation. This is a question that you should address with your confessor. He will know best how to direct you in order to put your conscience at ease.

For those insisting that it is always necessary to name the species and circumstances of mortal sin and best approximation of number times committed this isn’t necessarily always the case with people who suffer from scrupulosity. There are times with those who suffer from extreme scrupulosity all that is necessary for a valid confession is for the penitent to say, “I accuse myself of all the sins I’ve ever committed.” Priests are allowed to use discretion and even break the rules that normally apply to those with a normal well formed conscience.

The best thing the OP can do for their own spiritual health and ease of conscience is to listen docilely to the advice given by your priest to obey him.

frcoulter.com/books/confessor.html

**I am thinking particularly of scrupulous penitents and of confessions in hospital wards. Boobs often suggest that a scrupulous person be told that he need not confess a sin unless he is absolutely certain that it was mortal, or unless he can swear that it was mortal. I am dubious about the beneficial effect of insisting on this with penitents who have a serious case of scrupulosity. It is much easier, and just as theologically sound, to invoke the principle of excusing causes from integrity. This means that the priest may allow them to confess only as much as he judges they can confess without harm to themselves that is, without aggravating their scrupulosity or preventing its proper treatment. This implies that in many cases a merely generic accusation suffices: e.g. “I accuse myself of all my sins.” **
 
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