Tried to ask a priest for confession

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Last year, I really wanted to confess all my sins. My heart was so heavy. I called the office of our Parish if there was a schedule for confession. He said I could ask directly to a priest after the mass.

I did ask a priest after the Sunday Mass but he told me to go back the following week since there would be a mass confession. I was so disappointed and I felt lazy to go to mass confession.

Now, I am afraid to ask again regarding confession. :cry:
 
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Now, I am afraid to ask again regarding confession. :cry:
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I fully understand how this feels. Perhaps call the parish office again, and ask for the confession times? If there are none, ask to schedule an appointment as the previous option available didn’t work out.
 
If it has been awhile since you have been to confession …when you call the office or talk to a priest … tell them you need to make a “general” confession … this lets them know that they need to allot more time for your needs. It occurs to me that they may have thought you were inquiring about “usual confession times” and not realizing you may have a burdened heart that needs more time than usual. GO … Jesus hears your heart.

I’m leaving you with a version of the ACT OF CONTRITION I recently obtained from a priest and I like it very much:

Forgive me my sins, O Lord, forgive me my sins; the sins of my youth, the sins of my age, the sins of my soul, the sins of my body, my idle sins, my serious voluntary sins, the sins I know, the sins I don’t know; the sins I have concealed so long, which are now hidden from my memory.

I am truly sorry for every sin, mortal, and venial, for all the sins of my childhood up to the present hour.

I know my sins have wounded Thy Tender Heart, O my Savior, let me be freed from the bonds of evil through the most bitter passion of my Redeemer.

O my Jesus, forget and forgive what I have been. Amen.
 
It sounds like you have a failure to accurately communicate. If the secretary thought you wanted to speak to the priest about an appointment she probably let you know the easiest time–after Mass. Then you asked the priest who didn’t realize you were asking for a special appointment and let you know the regularly scheduled time.

Deep breath, try again. It’s ok. It happens.
 
Personally, I have found the best opportunity for the faithful to confess and receive absolution is during a parish retreat event or a diocesan retreat or a retreat with a religious group. The priest or priests there do not stop until the last person has finished.
 
Thank you very much everyone who supports and encourages me to go to the confession. You know, I contacted a priest this morning through SMS. Then, he called me. I was so nervous and my tears were start falling down. I will be having my confession on Tuesday in the evening. Please pray for me. May God bless you all.
 
Praying your confessions goes well, and the healing words of absolution give you peace of mind.
 
Most churches I know have confession on Saturday afternoons for an hour or so. Look at a bulletin.
 
I am from the Philippines, we may have different schedules and process. But thank you, the priest called me to tell me that I can go to confession on Tuesday.
 
Prayers for a good confession for you, and good on you for persevering and making the effort to go to Confession again. I’m sure Jesus is already very happy with you for that.
 
Finally, I was done with my confession yesterday. Thank you all for praying for me. I feel so light now, no burdens in my heart.

May God bless us all.
 
Confession is not all about us. It is about a restoration of our loving relationship with God. He benefits - more than we do. I would go outside of yourself, be embarrassed - shocked - to be carrying the weight of those sins and grasp at any and all opportunities to be reconciled with your Father in Heaven.

A good confession will be perhaps the most amazing religious experience that you will ever have. Your feet may not feel the floor as you walk. You may cry - you should cry. Exceptional occurrences. I shall forever remember the Holy Spirit’s unfathomable mercy as I was being absolved. It literally shook me to the core of my being. This is not something that we do on our terms, it is a Sacrament and thus is received - the gracious gift of cleansing our souls.

I wish that all Catholics, all Christians, each and every human being on earth could experience this. They would be forever changed.
 
@kinghenry17 it seems you did not read the responses before you posted your comment. As I already said, I am done with the confession and I thanked everyone who encouraged me instead of “judging” me. Read thoroughly before you react.
 
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I had a similar experience when I returned to the faith. I was fully expecting my feet to catch on fire the moment I stepped into the church, and the for the priest to scream “heathen!” and cast me out.

It was a real bummer when I couldn’t go since I had spent quite some time in prayer and reflection. I had a lot of anxiety since some the sins, in my mind were unforgivable. But after my confession, I felt unshackled, like I could breathe again.

Try not to be hard on yourself. I think it’s wonderful that you are making the decision to have the sacrament and this should be applauded.

I will pray for you. God bless.
 
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kinghenry17 said:
The snowflake quotient on this site is unbelievable. If you are a true Catholic you would go to confession every week. You cannot get communion without going to confession first. Why do you feel judged by me? God will judge you not me. I just could not understand how you were struggling so hard to do something so basic to Catholicism. I have never heard anybody turn it into such drama as you and yes, I did not read your later responses that showed how you finally made it to one confession you do know you need to keep going right?
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And you’re not following the rules of the church.
  1. No. There is NO requirement for weekly confession. Only yearly.
  2. You CAN go to communion without going to confession so long as you are not in mortal sin. In fact, Communion wipes away venial sin.
  3. You are being incredibly judgemental and God DOES have a few not-so-nice things to say about that.
  4. The OP got himself into a confusing “who’s on first” situation. It happens. Human communication is flawed
  5. You should be reading the thread before contributing.
  6. The OP is under NO obligation from the Church to attend Confession again for a year, so long as he does not commit a mortal sin.
 
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