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Offline Hermes

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Daily Confession
« on: August 16, 2021, 05:14:28 PM »
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    • Is it inappropriate or strange to go to Confession daily in the case of someone who feels he needs it?

    I asked my parish priest about this a while back and he gave a rather roundabout answer that seemed to suggest 1-2 times a week max.
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    Offline Matto

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    Re: Daily Confession
    « Reply #1 on: August 16, 2021, 05:17:55 PM »
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    • I have heard of saints doing that. But I wonder what they would confess if they went so often? 
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    Re: Daily Confession
    « Reply #2 on: August 16, 2021, 05:36:57 PM »
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    • Quote from: Matto on August 16, 2021, 05:17:55 PM
    I have heard of saints doing that. But I wonder what they would confess if they went so often?
    Recall that the Saints found any single fault as worthy of confession, so they most likely confessed any and all spiritual blemishes they had each day. Things that you or I probably wouldn't think twice about.
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    "Be not therefore solicitous for tomorrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof." [Matt. 6:34]

    "In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin." [Ecclus. 7:40]

    "A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon." [Ecclus. 27:12]

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    Re: Daily Confession
    « Reply #3 on: August 16, 2021, 05:39:06 PM »
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    • Quote from: Hermes on August 16, 2021, 05:14:28 PM
    Is it inappropriate or strange to go to Confession daily in the case of someone who feels he needs it?

    I asked my parish priest about this a while back and he gave a rather roundabout answer that seemed to suggest 1-2 times a week max.
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    Then do what he told you. He's the one that knows your soul, not us here. :cowboy:
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    Re: Daily Confession
    « Reply #4 on: August 16, 2021, 05:42:12 PM »
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    • My Trad Priest recently said if you look deep enough you’ll find enough for weekly confession. Daily could be challenging, if a just man falls 7 times daily though…then I guess it’s worthy of consideration. Can the Sacrament of Penance be abused?
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    Re: Daily Confession
    « Reply #5 on: August 16, 2021, 05:50:25 PM »
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    • Another consideration is the availability of a priest. I am not being facetious, but is there a glut somewhere?
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    Re: Daily Confession
    « Reply #6 on: August 16, 2021, 05:53:09 PM »
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    • My husband and I used to go once a week years ago before our confessor and friend died.  

    A couple of times I went To confession in a row if I sinned.

    You can make a nightly examination of conscience:

    http://www.traditionalcatholic.net/Tradition/Information/Examination_of_Conscience.html

    I just read the above.  Yikes. In a good way.

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    Re: Daily Confession
    « Reply #7 on: August 16, 2021, 05:53:37 PM »
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    • Quote from: Yeti on August 16, 2021, 05:39:06 PM
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    Then do what he told you. He's the one that knows your soul, not us here. :cowboy:

    Fair enough.  ;)
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    Re: Daily Confession
    « Reply #8 on: August 16, 2021, 06:19:54 PM »
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    • I have had times of going to daily Mass but not confession.  The idea of examining your conscience daily sounds positive. 
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    Re: Daily Confession
    « Reply #9 on: August 16, 2021, 06:45:19 PM »
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    • Quote from: SusanneT on August 16, 2021, 06:19:54 PM
    I have had times of going to daily Mass but not confession.  The idea of examining your conscience daily sounds positive.
    It is. When I consistently remember to do it, I find that it's easier to make a good confession because you don't need to rack your conscience as you would if you waited to do an examination of conscience the night before confession, or the day of.
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    "In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin." [Ecclus. 7:40]

    "A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon." [Ecclus. 27:12]

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    Re: Daily Confession
    « Reply #10 on: August 16, 2021, 07:15:29 PM »
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    • Quote from: Matto on August 16, 2021, 05:17:55 PM
    I have heard of saints doing that. But I wonder what they would confess if they went so often?
    Think of your individual daily inclinations. Few hours of idleness? Didn't phrase something as kindly as you should have to your wife? Hesitation in prayer? Distraction in prayer? There's no end. No problem making a list of venial sins at your nightly examination of conscious and confessing all of those daily. This actually gives you a sort of "spiritual blueprint" of your shortcomings when you notice a trend in these daily confessions.
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