Confessionator741 Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 I have a question. Mortal sin. You cant recieve the Eucharist with it. So, how do we Catholic gain forgiveness for mortal sins? Confession. And after we complete our penance and are truely sorry for our offenses, we can recieve the Eucharist once again... Now heres my question. (this may only apply to my church, but im not sure) Why dont chruch's offer confessions before mass? Wouldnt that increase the # of people confessing sins, and recieving the Eucharist? As of right now, my church only offers confessions on saturday mornings, and for those of us that work saturdays (me), have a hard time getting to confession. Now, wouldnt it make sense to offer it before mass, where many people are to begin with? just a thought. B
Uncle Gus Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 If you want confession, ask a priest. He is obliged to hear your confession, even if it's at 3 in the morning. So the idea of "having a hard time getting to confession" is a bit of a strange concept to me :P
littleflower+JMJ Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 i know of masses that have confession before mass and even during mass. the lines are always long. depends on how the priest does it. but you can recommend times if you just talk to him. gotta have that confession!! +JMJ
cappie Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 I was always taught if you have a Mortal Sin on your soul you are barred from receiving Communion, however if you are UNABLE to see a priest you may make an act of Contrition receive Communion but you MUST go to Confession ASAP after Mass and BEFORE you go to Communion again. As a priest I will always hear Confessions at any time if practical. Sometimes people will come to the sacristy just before Mass when you are already vested, they ask for a "quick confession" they have not prepared themselves, and sometimes they might be "playing on" the lack of time before Mass, instead of using quite deliberation and allowing the priest to help the penitent.
jbliss145 Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 I was told by a very good priest that if you are unable to go to confession prior to mass but had the intention to do so that you may receive the Eucharist. You should make a heartfelt act of contrition at the beginning of mass and this assumes that you plan to go to confession right after mass. He said something that has stuck with me; "The Eucharist is not for perfect people, it's to help people become perfect." Hope this helps. By the way, I like your nick God Bless, Joe
Dave Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 If a person in mortal sin were unable to get to confession before receiving Holy Communion, they could still receive Holy Communion ONLY for a very serious reason, such as danger of death. I don't think someone's work schedule not accomodating access to confession would be considered a serious reason.
Katholikos Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 Don't know where I read it, but I remember clearly learning that one liturgical action is not to impinge upon another; i.e., that Confessions should stop when Mass begins so that one's whole and undivided attention is given to one Sacrament at a time. Anyone know the source?
Mary's Knight, La Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 Katholikos, sounds like something out of cannon law, but i definitely agree with you on that. Confessionator741, my old church did offer Confession right before mass and only then but we also had a priest who traveled out to us, but my guess is that if you call the priest you can prob get him to be there before mass for you
foundsheep Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 The problem we have in our Diocese is just the amount of priest. Our priest are spread thin so they sometimes only have time at the specified times.
littleflower+JMJ Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 Don't know where I read it, but I remember clearly learning that one liturgical action is not to impinge upon another; i.e., that Confessions should stop when Mass begins so that one's whole and undivided attention is given to one Sacrament at a time. Anyone know the source? i know of one parish that does this.....not sure how often or anything but i do know they stop before the consecration. i dont' go to that parish so i wouldn't be too familiar with it...... :unsure:
megrc Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 If you want confession, ask a priest. He is obliged to hear your confession, even if it's at 3 in the morning. So the idea of "having a hard time getting to confession" is a bit of a strange concept to me I know priests are supposed to be available to hear confessions all the time, but my priests are only available during office hours and schedualed confession hours. I don't even know how to get ahold of my priests if it's an emergency, I would have to call my youth leader and tell her and then have her find the priest and tell him, and by that time there's no telling what could have happened. My priests don't care what happens to their parish as long as we go to church and pay them.
Uncle Gus Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 My priests don't care what happens to their parish as long as we go to church and pay them. *cough* *splutter* Excuse me?? That's very harsh. I urge you to consider your words carefully. Do you know the danger of attacking a priest? If you have a problem with your priests' conduct, you should talk to the Bishop, not make unfounded claims on a website forum. I am not impressed.
cmotherofpirl Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 If anybody has any documentation about recieving Holy Communion with a mortal sin on your soul please post it, I have been told its absolutely forbidden.
cmotherofpirl Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 Guys I hate to tell you this but CCC1415 Anyone who desires to recieve Christ in the Eucharistic Communion
cmotherofpirl Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 Guys I hate to tell you this but CCC1415 Anyone who desires to recieve Christ in the Eucharistic Communion must be in the state of grace. Anymore aware of having sinned mortailly must NOT recieve Communion without having recieved absolution in the sacrament of Penance. No ifs, ands, buts, or qualifications.
BLAZEr Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 Don't know where I read it, but I remember clearly learning that one liturgical action is not to impinge upon another; i.e., that Confessions should stop when Mass begins so that one's whole and undivided attention is given to one Sacrament at a time. Anyone know the source? This has more to do with YOU than with the priest . . . if you are going to confession during mass and then planning to participate in the mass (so you kind of do a "break for confession") then you are improperly doing BOTH sacraments . .. however, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a priest hearing confessions while another priest is celebrating mass . . . all throughout Latin America this is very much the practice . . . during daily mass a priest is in the confessional while another priest is celebrating mass and then the priest goes to the confessional after he is done with mass . . . This one parish in Santiago, Chile (Sagrado Corazon en Providencia) is amesome . . . first of all, daily mass in the evening has like 500 people there (no joke) and daily mass at noon has about 150. Second I have NEVER, EVER EVER been to that mass and not found a line for confession . . . I used to go to mass there 3 times a week (and other times just to pray) and every time there was at least one priest in the Confessional . . . AND they had Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration . . . it's no surprise that this parish has produced something like 85 priests in the last 100 years. It was amesome . . . I'm sure there were other parishes like this in Santiago, but I never found one quite as amesome as this one.
BLAZEr Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 I was told by a very good priest that if you are unable to go to confession prior to mass but had the intention to do so that you may receive the Eucharist. You should make a heartfelt act of contrition at the beginning of mass and this assumes that you plan to go to confession right after mass. He said something that has stuck with me; "The Eucharist is not for perfect people, it's to help people become perfect." Hope this helps. By the way, I like your nick God Bless, Joe I've also heard that his is allowable . . . but that you MUST intend to make your confession immediately after your communion . . . still I'm mighty scrupulous . . . and I remember my priest saying to me "Stephen, you can attend mass, make your confession, and then I can give you communion right after your Confession. Relax." and I thought, oh, well, geez, that solves it! I think its better to confess and then ask the priest if he can give you communion rather than receiving communion and then going to confession.
cmotherofpirl Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 Blaze it doesn't matter if you heard its "allowable", the Catechism says it is not . THe catechism is authoritative, your priest is in error.
jbliss145 Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 I think maybe I was missing something here. Are we speaking solely of mortal sin? If we are then I think we MUST go to confession prior to muss unless it is a situation where you are in fear of death etc. I was speaking in a more general sense. Many people, especially when they begin going to confession regularly, will begin to feel as if they must go to confession before communion all the time. This is when the priest was telling me to make a good act of contrition at the beginning of mass and go to confession afterwards. If you are in a state of mortal sin, however, I would NOT receive communion until confession. Sorry about the confusion. God Bless, Joe
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