Was this confession valid?

[crazyboy33]

Well I’ve run myself into quite a loop this time. I’m a scrupulous person and went to confession.

HERE’S THE PROBLEM:
PREFACE: the priest I go to is also my spiritual advisor

1. I confessed my sins correctly.
2. We started having conversation within confession about my sins and what could influence them since I have some addictions.
   
   PROBLEM 1:
3. I told the priest (can’t exactly recall) that this one thing was an influence but failed to mention the other things that were influences *
   ** Did this make the confession invalid?**

PROBLEM 2:
4. After confession and having him talk I admitted that I might have lied within confession,
NOT with CONFESSING A SIN but about CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SIN after confessing them.

1. Since confession had just happened he basically said we’d do confession and asked me if I was truly sorrowful for what I had done with lying and and asked me if there was anything else to confess then I also said that I was obviously sorry for all the sins of my previous confession, since he just heard it.
   ** Did the fact that I did not reconfess all the sins of the previous confession since it happened minutes before roughly make THAT confession INVALID?***

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Hi,

You, my friend, are scrupling. You confessed your sins. That you didn’t mention all the influences that you believe helped bring about your choice to sin in not necessary for a valid Confession. We are only required to confess the sin itself, be repentant for having committed it and have a firm purpose of amendment.

Now, rather than go over and over this same territory, turn your attention to the Lord and His Passion which He so willingly suffered for you because of His love for you. Now THIS is worth going over and over with. Note: it’s all about HIM!

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.