Something that surprised me about Confession

[JoyToTheWhirled]

It’s been two days since my first confession. I was expecting a sense of freedom afterwards, knowing that those sins were finally gone.

That was certainly the case, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that I have been acutely aware of my sin these past couple of days. Not in a scrupulous, panicky way, just an increased awareness of each little gripe, murmur and mean word and thought and a determination to do so much better, with His help.
It’s made me even more keen to stay in a state of grace as long as I possibly can, and very conscious of how much I sin, and how that hurts God.

 

[Spyridon]

That’s one of the graces. Increased strength to resist sin and better formed conscience.

 

[Limoncello4021]

Yes, you get grace, which is wisdom and the light of God! The more light, the more you realize your sins and failings–and you realize how blind you were to them before. But even as the light starts to illuminate our faults it also gives tremendous joy and peace. A beautiful paradox! This accounts for why many of the greatest of saints truly thought of themselves as miserable sinners. They saw themselves in the light of the all good, all pure God.

 

[yankeesouth]

Here is a reflection on Blessed Are They Who Mourn that will interest you…

http://www.agapebiblestudy.com/BEATITUDES/Lesson_4.htm

St. John Chysostom…

Even when our sins are forgiven there is still accountability for our part in adding to the collective damage of world wide sin. Our mourning of world sin is the recognition and shared responsibility for the fallen plight of humanity "sins of omission, sins of commission, accumulated sin, personal sin. Christ died that mankind might be delivered from all sin and therefore when we truly mourn our sin and the sin of the world we unite with Him in His liberating sacrifice that promises the end to all sin. We mourn, we offer penance which yields to redemptive pain in our suffering united with Christ and offered up to God "this is pain and passion that is transformed into compassion through the Passion of our Christ. This is an emptying of self in genuine mourning and sorrow for sins, but it is not grief, nor is it the level beyond grief which is despair. There is no despair in this mourning for this is the kind of mourning that welcomes comfort and love. The mourning that receives Christ’s blessing is a mourning that has seen mankind in its fallenness and nothing less will satisfy it than mankind fully restored

 

[Alan79]

What a wonderful way of describing it.

 

[Gertabelle]

It’s been two days since my first confession. I was expecting a sense of freedom afterwards, knowing that those sins were finally gone.

That was certainly the case, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that I have been acutely aware of my sin these past couple of days. Not in a scrupulous, panicky way, just an increased awareness of each little gripe, murmur and mean word and thought and a determination to do so much better, with His help.
It’s made me even more keen to stay in a state of grace as long as I possibly can, and very conscious of how much I sin, and how that hurts God.

WOOHOO!!!