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charliedrake
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When you go to confession and repeat the same old sins the Priest may not allow forgiveness. This is not all Priest but some will expect there not repeated.
What is Wrong with Frequent Confession (And I mean like once a week)?
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ConstantineTG
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Thats not an implication, thats your interpretation to what I said.
The objective is to have a healthy spiritual life. Everything in our lives can be abused. Frequent confession is good but if its for the wrong reason like scrupulosity, then it harms the soul. Its not up to us determine who is more sinful or not. We are all sinners.
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ConstantineTG
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Good point. I should include this on my next confessionI wonder how many people confess CAF.
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ConstantineTG
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There is no such thing. A priest can only withhold absolution if you’ve proven to be unrepentant. Sins are habits, we usually sin the same sin over and over. We have our weaknesses. I can walk into a casino, play casually, spend a low amount of money, and never obsess about it. I know other people have gambling problems, but not me. I have other weaknesses though. Getting cured from sin is a process. A doctor who sees you have cancer and treats you cancer doesn’t tell you not to see him again if you have the same cancer after its been treated. Doing the same sin again is not a sign of unrepentance, its a sign that you are human.
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JRKH
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This concept itself is self defeating. If a person comes and confesses a sin and the confessor refuses absolution because it is a “repeated sin”, just how and when can the penitent ever receive absolution??? The whole concept makes no sense.
People go to confession because they are sorry for their sins and intend to not repeat them. However, intent does not always translate into action and we can fall back into the same sin over and over as we struggle to grow in faith and holiness.
I know of no priest who would withhold absolution in anything but the most extreme - hardly to be encountered - type situations.
I must say charlie that you seem to make some of the most interesting statements, make them as sounding “factual” but then offer nothing “documented” to back them up…
I’m sure you do not intend it to be but it get’s kind of irritating sometimes…
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James
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charliedrake
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James, peace to you. You are just dead wrong on this issue.
Catholics do go to other RC church for confession because they know a Priest will not allow confession and absolution for their repeated sins at their local church. So basically they shop their sins at another RC church. All Priests are not cut n paste , do the same thing.
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CatholicPraises
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Don’t worry James…its not necessarily a bad thing that Priests expect more then oops I did it again.
Whatever…
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TrueLight
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Some Catholics with repeated sins may go to another confessor out of embarrassment of repeating the same sins - not because the priest won’t give absolution.
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DonaNobis_Pacem
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I try to go to confession at least once a week, but work and other things have been preventing me from going on Saturdays; maybe I should try to make an appointment with the new pastor during the week, since Saturdays seem to be problematic this month. My dad always wonders why I go to confession so frequently, since I “never do anything” that would warrant it (oh, if only he knew the kinds of sins I committed in the past…); my mom said that frequent confession isn’t necessary because no one in our household’s ever committed a mortal sin (wow, if that’s the case then I must live with a truly special family). 
I guess they just don’t understand why the sacrament and its associated graces are necessary as part of living a fully Catholic life, but I just have to keep praying that one day they will understand.
I only began going to confession on a more frequent basis in my late teens, when I started reading more about Catholic teachings on sin and the need for confession. I had committed some very bad sins on a very habitual basis, but I didn’t know how serious my spiritual situation was until I read about the ramifications of mortal sin and realized all those years I’d been receiving Holy Communion unworthily. The first time I went back to the confessional was difficult, not only because I struggled to remember just how to make a confession, but also because my sins were serious and I was extremely embarrassed (even though I know that the priest could not break the seal of the confessional). I cried as I told Jesus, present in the person of His priest, my sins and how I wanted to avoid committing those same sins in the future; once I received absolution and left to do my penance, it was as if a gigantic boulder had been lifted off of me. While I’m still nowhere near perfect and am very much in need of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, I believe that it has helped me to grow as a Catholic and be more receptive to the Lord’s graces.
I guess they just don’t understand why the sacrament and its associated graces are necessary as part of living a fully Catholic life, but I just have to keep praying that one day they will understand.I only began going to confession on a more frequent basis in my late teens, when I started reading more about Catholic teachings on sin and the need for confession. I had committed some very bad sins on a very habitual basis, but I didn’t know how serious my spiritual situation was until I read about the ramifications of mortal sin and realized all those years I’d been receiving Holy Communion unworthily. The first time I went back to the confessional was difficult, not only because I struggled to remember just how to make a confession, but also because my sins were serious and I was extremely embarrassed (even though I know that the priest could not break the seal of the confessional). I cried as I told Jesus, present in the person of His priest, my sins and how I wanted to avoid committing those same sins in the future; once I received absolution and left to do my penance, it was as if a gigantic boulder had been lifted off of me. While I’m still nowhere near perfect and am very much in need of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, I believe that it has helped me to grow as a Catholic and be more receptive to the Lord’s graces.
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TrueLight
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Amen, brother!
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Deo_Gratias42
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I don’t tell my parents I go to confession, especially weekly. If they’re visiting and they ask where I’m going, I simply say, “I’m going to meet someone.”My dad always wonders why I go to confession so frequently, since I “never do anything” that would warrant it (oh, if only he knew the kinds of sins I committed in the past…); my mom said that frequent confession isn’t necessary because no one in our household’s ever committed a mortal sin (wow, if that’s the case then I must live with a truly special family).
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Monica4316
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Scrupulous is when you confess things that are not even sins and if you’re constantly worried about sin where there is no sin.
There’s nothing wrong with confessing weekly, by itself
There’s nothing wrong with confessing weekly, by itself
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Monica4316
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would this be considered a lie?
I don’t know your situation, but what if you just said “church”? do you think that would be alright?
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JRKH
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Now Monica, don’t be scrupulous…
“Deo Gratias42” is not telling a lie. She IS going to meet someone…The Priest AND our Lord in the confessional.
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Deo_Gratias42
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Exactly. No, I couldn’t tell my family I’m going to church. They already think I spend too much time there. I got lectured for going to Mass on Sunday when I had a term paper that needed to be written. I was told to just do something nice for someone later on in the week to make up for not going.Now Monica, don’t be scrupulous…
“Deo Gratias42” is not telling a lie. She IS going to meet someone…The Priest AND our Lord in the confessional.
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JRKH
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I hear this sort of thing from people and think, If we are being accused of being “too religious” or being “holier than thou” we are either on the right path or we are becoming Pharisitic.Exactly. No, I couldn’t tell my family I’m going to church. They already think I spend too much time there. I got lectured for going to Mass on Sunday when I had a term paper that needed to be written. I was told to just do something nice for someone later on in the week to make up for not going.
So - as long as we keep a careful eye on our humility and listen carefully to the promptings of the Holy Spirit and follow Christ - we should be OK…
Of course our confessor can be of help in this as in many things.
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James
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