Sin, communion, and uncertainty. HELP!

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So yesterday I went to confession, that night I entertained an inappropriate thought about a man while I was asleep. When I finished entertaining this dream I woke up at that moment and was angry with myself. I just went to confession the day before. Must I go back? Did I commit a mortal sin? Was it venial? Do I need to abstain once again from communion?
 
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If you were asleep while this was happening, no sin. Because you did not have all your reasoning faculties with you.
 
Golly, if I committed actual sin every time I had a dream in which I was committing sin, I’d be in serious spiritual trouble. I have had dreams at night which are absolutely disgusting, completely foul. And then I wake up and thank God it was just a dream.

Now if by “dream” you mean daydream, then you may have committed a sin, though possibly only a venial sin. If that’s the case, please don’t go into detail here on a public forum. Talk to a priest when you can to get a definitive answer for this and future events.

Again, however, if you are talking about a literal dream, while you were sleeping, then there is absolutely no sin. None. Nada. Zip.
 
I agrree with the posters above, but I have to admit that when I dream of doing committing sins, I have noticed it is sometimes a warning to me that part of my spiritual life is slipping. Since it is not usual for me to even remember my dreams, I can’t say it’s definitive thing; sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, after all.
 
You’re fine to receive communion, Joe. It’s not a sin of any kind. Be at peace!
 
This reminds me of a dream I had wherein I even said, “Oh I’m going to have to go to confession for this” or something like that in the dream.
But it was a dream and I didn’t go to confession.
 
Sin is a choice. We do not consciously choose what we dream about. Dreams are not sinful.
 
You could literally dream that you assassinate the Pope and then blow up earth… And that would not even be a venial sin.
 
SuperLuigi said:
I really wish I could take some of your scruples and inject them into about 3/4 of the Catholic population starting with this website.
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I got to ask. Why would you want to do such a thing? My scruples aren’t fun🙃
 
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