Frances,

You are not the first or last person to impulsively post something.  It happens all the time.

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Frances, God bless you for this confession. It will give you more graces than if you had done nothing wrong. Felix culpa !

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Dear CI posters, I'm sorry for the thread about priests being martyred.  My pride got away from me and I acted carelessly, without forethought to the lack of charity that could be generated.  Since it is still on the site, please delete it, if you are able, or ignore it if not.  I requested Matthew get rid of it, but either he chose to leave it or is away right now, probably the latter as he hasn't posted recently.
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I humbly request the forgiveness of Our Lord, the priests mentioned by name, and those who are offended.  Give me as many down-thumbs as you think I deserve.
 
I'm going to Confession tomorrow.

God bless you for going to confession.  

 
We should plan as if we won't have the opportunity to go to Confession later.  Better not to sin!  St. Paul said, "Shall we sin that grace should abound? God forbid!"

Quote from: Neil Obstat

One problem with that:  in order for your confession to be VALID,
you will have to confess that you PLANNED on doing this evil thing
and then going to confession later.  If that is the truth, and you
don't mention it to your confessor, even if he absolves you, your
sin is not forgiven because the confession isn't valid, due to the
fact that you failed to tell the priest that you had planned on
confessing the sin later before you committed the sin in the first
place.  

Oh dear, I now have thirty years of invalid Confessions to confess! I always plan to confess sins later, and so does everyone else - unless they're planning to leave the Church instead and never go to Confession again!

I never had the impression that Frances felt the thread was wrong from the start, but deliberately posted it anyway, thinking she could just confess it later.

I got the impression that after she started the thread and saw where it was going, upon further reflection she decided that it wasn't such a good idea and perhaps a matter for confession. The fact that she would go to confession "tomorrow" was simply related to the fact that many of us only have the sacraments once a week, and that was the earliest opportunity.

Often an examination of conscience brings to mind an action that at the time it was done did not register as a "problem", but upon later reflection looks like a matter for confession.

Quote from: Raphaela

Quote from: Neil Obstat

One problem with that:  in order for your confession to be VALID,
you will have to confess that you PLANNED on doing this evil thing
and then going to confession later.  If that is the truth, and you
don't mention it to your confessor, even if he absolves you, your
sin is not forgiven because the confession isn't valid, due to the
fact that you failed to tell the priest that you had planned on
confessing the sin later before you committed the sin in the first
place.  

Oh dear, I now have thirty years of invalid Confessions to confess! I always plan to confess sins later, and so does everyone else - unless they're planning to leave the Church instead and never go to Confession again!

A general confession is a good idea.  

I think her reply was "tongue-in-cheek"...........as her post shows!

Quote from: Raphaela

Quote from: Neil Obstat

One problem with that:  in order for your confession to be VALID,
you will have to confess that you PLANNED on doing this evil thing
and then going to confession later.  If that is the truth, and you
don't mention it to your confessor, even if he absolves you, your
sin is not forgiven because the confession isn't valid, due to the
fact that you failed to tell the priest that you had planned on
confessing the sin later before you committed the sin in the first
place.  

Oh dear, I now have thirty years of invalid Confessions to confess! I always plan to confess sins later, and so does everyone else - unless they're planning to leave the Church instead and never go to Confession again!

I never had the impression that Frances felt the thread was wrong from the start, but deliberately posted it anyway, thinking she could just confess it later.

I got the impression that after she started the thread and saw where it was going, upon further reflection she decided that it wasn't such a good idea and perhaps a matter for confession. The fact that she would go to confession "tomorrow" was simply related to the fact that many of us only have the sacraments once a week, and that was the earliest opportunity.

Often an examination of conscience brings to mind an action that at the time it was done did not register as a "problem", but upon later reflection looks like a matter for confession.

I agree.