Will I be forgiven today?

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I am currently struggling with some impure sins, today is confession and for the last 4-6 months I have been trying to overcome these sins, sometimes I can last several weeks, like this time, except this week I have fallen into these impure sins several times, (probably 10 times all together) I am going to confession but I don’t feel that deep burning sorrow in my heart that I usually do. The reason I am going to confession is because I want to go to heaven. Is this enough to be forgiven even though I don’t feel that much sorrow. And yes, of course I am going to try to overcome this sin and avoid it all costs, thanks this means a lot.
 
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Why dont you ask this exact question to your confessor? He can elaborate and help you more than all of us keyboard warriors
 
What if he denies absolution, then what do I do if I don’t feel the sorrow?
 
Again, ask him. Not us. We are not confessors. If he denies you, there will be instruction.
 
Here is the problmatic word:

“feel”

“Feel” has nothing to do with true sorrow for sin, which it seems from the OP, is glaringly present.
 
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You have to be truly sorry, although the feeling of sorrow may or may not always be there. Seems like you are on the right path.
 
You do not have to feel sorry. You have to want to be sorry. The best is because you have offended an infinite God who deserves all your love. That is perfect contrition. Being sorry because you don’t want to loose heaven is good enough in the confessional.
 
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You must have sorrow (at least imperfect contrition) and be serious about avoiding the voluntary near occassions of sin, for mortal sin. You must determine if it is mortal (since it seems that it could have become an involuntary habit) and the priest may help you with that.

Catechism
1734 Freedom makes man responsible for his acts to the extent that they are voluntary. Progress in virtue, knowledge of the good, and ascesis enhance the mastery of the will over its acts.

1735 Imputability and responsibility for an action can be diminished or even nullified by ignorance, inadvertence, duress, fear, habit, inordinate attachments, and other psychological or social factors.

1792 Ignorance of Christ and his Gospel, bad example given by others, enslavement to one’s passions, assertion of a mistaken notion of autonomy of conscience, rejection of the Church’s authority and her teaching, lack of conversion and of charity: these can be at the source of errors of judgment in moral conduct.
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