When you feel guilty for sinning

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What do you do when you feel terrible for sinning against God, whom you should love above all things?

I have been praying, act of contrition, pslam 51 etc… I even told someone else about what I did and how terrible I felt.

I can’t get to confession until Saturday around here, and I feel so lame.
 
When I feel guilty for sinning, I pray, I go to confession, I ask for forgiveness, and I resolve to do better.

It sounds like you are doing these things, but you may be beating yourself up unnecessarily.
 
I usually don’t feel sorry for committing sins–even mortal ones, though I wish I would. I can’t help it though. I generally don’t feel much of anything. (I do regret mortal sins and some venial sins however.)
 
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What do you do when you feel terrible for sinning against God, whom you should love above all things?

I have been praying, act of contrition, psalm 51 etc… I even told someone else about what I did and how terrible I felt.

I can’t get to confession until Saturday around here, and I feel so lame.
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Well - if it is serious enough, you might call and set an appointment to confess. However - I suspect that even confession will not totally remove your guilt. You see I suffer the same thing from time to time…

In Truth, God has given you a great grace by showing you a clear headed understanding of how horrible sin actually is. Some great saints speak of visions of hell but for most of us these “little” revelations of the horror of sin are equally, if not more, important to our spiritual growth.

My suggestion is that you pray on the matter. Make amends if that is possible. Learn from this feeling. Ask God to show you fully what you are to learn from this. Thank Him for this lesson.
And then move forward in Love and gratitude, wiser and more sanctified than before, and better prepared to avoid, not just this sin, but sin in general for you have been shown the horror of sin.

Peace
James
 
Confess, and repent and quit condemming yourself as were all sinners. God knows you feel awful and he knows your not perfect and just human. He expects us to learn from our errors but he knows were going to make them. 🙂
 
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