Confession is not always easy, but it's definitely a great feeling when you get it all out there and you receive Absolution from the priest and you know that you are forgiven. The secret I find is to not let too many weeks build up, so hopefully not too many serious sins have occurred. When you have blessed to unload, you are less nervous. Hoping this help somebody. Trust me I've unloaded some Whoppers. I'm going to get in the habit now of going more often so it won't be such a hard thing to do. I'm aiming for twice a month. Confession is a beautiful sacrament, we are blessed to have it as Catholics.
Seriously, after a priest's first year as a priest he's more than likely to have heard it all already. Go to a priest you are comfortable with. You WILL find it easier to confess. Some priests ask many questions. It is to advise you, but I know at times there are priests I prefer over others. There is nothing wrong with that. Just my two cents.
@@joefranks4235 what you feel when you'll your sins to your priest is a sharing of guilt and thinking this man can Forgive your sins(he can't) sharing your deep secrets with someone is always a sense of unburdening. Mark 2:7 “Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only
@nathanielramos5338 absolutely it is Forgiven if you are truly sorry... I've repeated mortal sins many times, we're only human but just keep trying hard to correct that sin.
I always feel that I forget some thing when I go to confession but I know that God knows my intentions. The more you go the more you grow. We have to look inside and see ourselves as we have been and make the changes. Thank you Father for this video. Very helpful
Remember, confessing mortal sins are a must....period. Watching some of these videos make it seem so difficult and it's not. Take a few minutes to examine yourself before you go into the confessional. You don't have to spend minutes and minutes doing it. I guess I don't find it so difficult because I go frequently. Seriously, if you go at least once a month, and as time goes by you will find it much easier. State any mortal sins first, you will find it easier to confess lesser sins. I guess it's easy for me to say because I went to a Catholic grade school and the sisters were a great help to us in a proper and good confession.
contemplating on Lazarus coming out from tomb as instructed by Jesus is an example of Confession because confession draws us out of darkness and into God's light and cleansed in God's love there are examples all over the bible of confession
Thanks so much teach. can I come if I’m not a member of the Catholic Church? My dad and one brother is catholic and I have been to Catholic Churches growing up. But, I mostly went to non denominational out of choice.
Of course all Christians have a right to go directly to God. As Catholics we ritualize God's forgiveness, we ritualize our repentance in a rite where we can physically express our sorrow and actually hear words of forgiveness. and receive God's pardon and grace through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Baptism is a ritual where we feel the water and hear the words and know that we belong to God. All our Sacraments are rituals where what we celebrate actually happens. We are not pure spirits. All our learning is through our senses. That's why Jesus became one of us, to show us in a concrete way how God is. He knew we needed ritual, to taste, touch, hear, smell and see. I'm sorry you cannot understand us, but you can never tell us what we ought not do. Catholics celebrate the ways God shares Life with us.
@@oh_say_it_ditto you can't handle the truth about your deceiving " religion". Where do I begin ? The sacred act of communion is to dine on human. The sacred confessional that protects evil like pedophiles. Maybe it's your style of panhandling. Maybe it's the lies of prophets but really about profits. I see the evil religion for those it protects. Your wolves in sheep's clothing... All religions are false with false gods that are imaginary. Religions are a type of slavery offering false hopes and false god.. I call out liars every day because I know humanity . A race of liars... Have your fake god kill me so I can leave this nightmare . No, the funny thing about liars.. Thier gods never appear... The only saviours I see are in the medical religion. Doctors... Priests lie for profits , about prophets. Giving false hope. You prey on children.. You prey on fools. Keep the faith in lies that are so old , dead and gone... They sell you religions , so you have to buybull. You can't handle the actions of your " religion." Faith in lies is not for me . If there ever was a god of truth , he would destroy you decievers .
James 5: 16Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.
Therefore, confess your sins to one another? try that with your priest as he will not confess to you his sins . Confession of sins to a priest was brought into the church in the 1100's as it was never in the new testament church nor were there any priests in the new testament church.
@@josephchapman9575 Church history , look it up. Try to find a reference to a priest to confess to in the new testament scriptures? Confession one to another for healing , yes that is scriptural but confessing your sins to a man who will then absolve you of your sin is just not found in scripture but it is found in the Catholic church that claims to follow scripture???
@@bobloblawb2593 John 20:22-23 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the holy spirit If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”
@@brayantrejo7390 Tell me what it means to retain the sins ? " if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld. " John 20: the disciples were granted the Holy Spirit and given the task of preaching the gospel . As the disciples died they appointed believers to carry on the great commission and those believers were everyday Christians not" disciples that walked with the Lord" or Apostles , but to clarify the born again believers who carried on the great commission were followers of the Lord , but not apostles. Do you see anywhere in scripture that gifts are given to promote the gospel to all people? Do you see anywhere in scripture that the gifts are available to only a chosen believer and not all? Back to original forgive and not forgive do you see anywhere in scripture that we ( not apostles / disciples ) are to retain or hold back from forgiving?
I would like to know how to deal with sins that are mortal but have, for years, been purposely hidden ... making ALL subsequent confessions invalid ... to the point where, at 80+ years of age it is imperative to make a good confession... without the ability to trace through the past decades to remember type or number
You would be best to make an appointment with a Priest, explain the situation and he will probably tell you to make a General Confession. When making a General Confession don't think about I've sinned 82 times and this other sin 419 times. Do, one time, 10 times, or more than 100 times. So say you've killed four people in your 80 plus years, you would say I confess the sin of murder four times. But if you use the Lord's name in vain everyday in those 80 plus years just say I've used our Lord's name in vain over 100 times or I've blasphemed over a hundred times. If you have received Holy Communion once a year for those 80 plus years but you were not in a State of Grace before doing that say over the past 60 years, then you would say I confess receiving our Lord out of the State of Grace between 50 and 100 times. Exactness is always preferred but it can be hard and a willful attempt to reveal all sins is better; the Church understands that you may not remember every number of sin. So this generalization get you in the ballpark. Above all know that God knows your heart and wants to forgive your sins! Also remember, there's only one sin that cannot be forgiven and that is the sin against the Holy Ghost. This is two part it's either obstinate denial or obstinate despair. The former is you don't think that what you've done needs God's forgiveness. The latter is you have sinned so bad that you don't think God can forgive you. All sins can be forgiven my friend. You just need a contrite heart and the willful attempt to sin no more. Lastly do not procrastinate. Do this today! I will pray for you. Please pray for the Church and for me, a wicked sinner.. Ave Maria!
We sin throughout ea day so without regular confession of sin, the promise of continual cleansing is rendered null and void resulting in broken fellowship. "If we confess our sins, 'HE' is faithful & just to forgive us our sins & to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" 1Jn1:9. In Mt 27:51 when Christ died on the cross "The veil was rent from top to bottom" signifying that no longer was a priest needed for 'confession that formally only one priest was allowed to present to God. Mk 2:7 "Who can forgive sins but God only?" Christ opened the door to the Throneroom of Grace where GOD said we may come at anytime, including confession. God doesn't want to wait a (RCC MONTH), to hear from a confession, he asks for immediate repentance. If I stole from u would u wait a month? Proof that ONLY GOD can forgive sin: Mt 6:14 "For if u forgive other people when they sin against u, ur heavenly 'Father' will also forgive u". Eph 4:32 "Be kind & compassionate to one another, forgiving even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you",
Why not? The priest will not remember you, you may be embarrassed about your sins but he has heard everything and more before. He is not going to call you out if he sees you in person.
I know it's important to confess. I have a priest around my area that has helped me a lot, and encouragesMe to believe that thae sacraments are sacred. I haven't gone to church regularly for years, but I'm oh so very religious, my priest friend advised me to go to a priest and ask how to do a good confession, but make an appointment, so if I need time to talk about that he will be able to take the time and help me. I know that the priest supporting me through things said that he knows me too well, so this something he can't direct me too, when you are close to a priest, it isn't good to seek help on something like the confession issue, it woulden't be helpful.
Confession to God requires a self examination of their conscience. To the catholic priest that I did not go the Sunday Mass, I screw my friends wife,I hate the guy, I did not go for confession for 10 years. And other sins I do not I am aware.
Yes as long as you are contrite. Remember the only sin that cannot be forgiven is the sin against the Holy Ghost. That is a two-fold sin, obstinate denial or obstinate despair. Obstinate denial means that you don't think what you did was a sin so you don't ask for God's forgiveness. Obstinate despair is you think that your sin is so terrible that God will not forgive you of your sin. Both of these are fatal traps. Trust in our Lord's Mercy, and do not be afraid. The priest is not there to chastise you but to guide you back to Salvation. Ave Maria!
What is a Sacrament?! a sacred, is a contract between God and man, for, our eternal Salvation no other church has got these sacraments, only the Catholic Church. amen
My elderly dad hadn't been to confession for about 10 years and wanted to receive the sacraments again. I contacted our parish priest on his behalf and I was there as requested when the priest visited my dad. Arrangements were made for the priest to come at a later date to hear my dads confession. Everything fine. But..... Then the priest said he wanted me present for my dads confession and he said I can have the seal of the confessional as well. Needless to say I was very uncomfortable with this and I didn't attend for my dads confession. I didn't think it was appropriate. My question is - should this priest have requested me to be there at my dads confession? I felt very uncomfortable and the part where he seemed to treat the sacred seal so lightly?? What I did instead was do an examination of conscience with my dad, wrote it down and left it in a sealed envelope for the priest. Thanks for your help. 😊
Roman Catholicism is antibiblical religion! I was Catholic until I started to read The Bible and saw how many false doctrines they preach. Unbelievable! Read The Bible because you are being deceived as I was for 57 years of my life! Listen to Derek Prince- true Bible preacher
He forgot to say to make a thorough examination of conscience before going to confession. It takes time to do this especially if you havent gone to confession in a long time. This is essential because you need to tell all your mortal sins to the priest, and ultimately to God. If you leave out any mortal sins because you didnt do a thorough examination, then your confession wont be a good one and will still have mortal sin on your soul that God expected you to confess. The Church teaches that it takes only one mortal sin to go to hell. So if you dont know how to properly do confession in the Church, then you must learn it before going there. It is something not to be taken lightly. Bad confessions will lead to more sins such as receiving Our Lord unworthily, that is, in the state of mortal sin, at Holy Communion.
Absolution of mortal sin is the prime objective of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. As John wrote, those are the sins that kill God's gift of grace and separate us from Him. Repentance and absolution of venial sins (sins that wound our relationship with Christ) are forgiven during the Sacrifice of the Mass by the priest after the Confiteor: I confess to Almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do; through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. “If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life - to those who commit sins that do not lead to death” (1 John 5:16
Confession has to do with One Time REPENTANCE which GOD grants a sinner upon the change of the heart…… N O T with confessing all over and all over … the same sins and asking GOD every time to forgive! Confession to the priest does NOT have any sense and is Not effective!! Bible says that Only GOD can read the heart and on that base the sins are forgiven!
Go into your room close the door and talk to THE FATHER. HE is the only one who can Forgive your Sins! Mark 2:7 “Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?”
Why does the priest who listens to the sinner’s sins during confessional ask for a donation in exchange for expiation? Why does the priest sometimes ask for double the donation in exchange for the sinner being able to have a future sin forgiven or expiated? Just last week there was a story in Utah of a 26 year old admitting to murdering an elderly couple and stealing their credit cards during a confessional. The Priest during confessional asked for a $1,000 donation by credit card in exchange for forgiving the sin of murder & theft. Isn’t this an abuse of a confessional? During the confessional the priest asked for an additional $1,000 just in case the sinner wanted to repeat the crime with a second victim. 54544
Because Roman Catholicism is NOT biblical religion and they do NOT worship The True GOD. They set their own rules as you see contrary to requirements of Biblical GOD. Roman Catholicism misrepresent GOD of The Bible!
Brother or sister in Christ, First I hear of this, if true, it’s not Catholic teaching and one bad priest doesn’t prove Catholicism false.. doesn’t erase 2000 years of faith and teaching.. if you say that Catholicism is not Biblical you are deeply deeply mistaken.. show me the word Bible in the Bible? Show me the word biblical? The Bible does not mention the Bible as being the only source Christians may use to seek God. The word Bible comes from Greek that means book or scroll… You must also know the Catholic Church compiled the Bible and a Catholic pope approved the books of the cannon that many people worship today and call themselves Christian while spreading falsehoods about the first Christians (Catholics), same Christian’s that gave them the Bible.. Catholicism is The Church that Jesus Christ founded.. your problem is not with Catholicism, it is with your pre conceived beliefs about Catholicism.. remember that people are not perfect, Gods children fall short, including His priests.. doesn’t mean His Church is wrong.. I hope this message finds you well, much love and God Bless!
@@user-ij9gj8qi5v The entirety of Christianity is false. In fact, Christianity is so scared to death of Deuteronomy 13:1 that Christianity actually removed Deuteronomy 13:1 from the Bible and stuck it at the end of Deuteronomy chapter 12 in most newer bibles in the hopes no one will see the scripture or God forbid read it as Deuteronomy 13:1 prohibits reading the New Testament. There are about 700 other things Christianity changed in the Old Testament to make it wrongfully support the false conclusion that the Old Testament mentions Jesus Christ. Just take the books that mention king Hezekiah. Christianity changed the verb tense from “a savior was born” to “will be born” because Christianity wants you to wrongfully think the chapter is talking about Jesus Christ when it was in fact referring to king Hezekiah. Even Christianity’s baloney claim that Jesus was the Messiah is a joke as scripture says in multiple places that the Messiah must be from the line of David. As you know Christianity claims Mary was impregnated by God & God can’t be from the line of David or He would be human. Such pig crap!
Father Matt I have sinned by watching scary videos and sex videos comment on this please forgive me for on this day I will not sin and for other days and for life
Ikkerin Romero I have sinned almost the same way too.I am going to confession today and praying the Rosary will also help you to stop those kind of sins. Check also the 15 promises of the Rosary it may be a source of motivation for you.
Ok about the sex videos, but since when did scary movies become a sin? The phrase that comes to mind is a "scrupulous conscience" - “An unfounded apprehension and consequently unwarranted fear that something is a sin which, as a matter of fact, is not; to see sin everywhere and in everything". Horror movies are just movies. I grew up with them, and never gave them a thought, nor plan to. How are they sins?
Exodus 6:23 Aaron (Priest) took to himself Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Aaron was a prophet, high priest, and the elder brother of Moses in the Abrahamic religions. Knowledge of Aaron, along with his brother Moses, comes exclusively from religious texts, such as the Bible Exodus 6:25 Eleazar, (Priest) Aaron’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families. Priests were married and had children, how is it that the Catholic church has the gall to change the Word of God? I guess you catholics know better than God who created the universe and people. I'd like to see you explain yourself out of that one LOL. 1 Timothy 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. Guess you'll have to talk to your priest for an explanation.
As former Catholic I can say that poor Catholics are just indoctrinated by church false doctrines and pagan rituals. They do Not read The Bible - so how they could know if what they hear in the church is true or not? I was one of them until I started to read The Bible and GOD led me out of deception and out of this Satan worshipping religion! They just blindly believe what priests are saying. How a blind can lead another blind? It is so difficult to evangelize to Catholics- they are blinded but only GOD can remove this blindness. I understand because I was “ there” for 57 years of my life! Listen and share please Walter Veith “The total Onslaught” “Clash of minds”
@A SOHC Civic You realize sedevacantism is heretical right? To not believe they are ordained is to have protestant views by stating the successors of Peter did not have the power to change the ordinary form of the mass.
There are no prophets .. There are lots of profits.. Confession protects the abuser and not the child. Communion is the eating of humans. Evil is as evil does... I look like a human .. I sound like a human . I don't think like a human. And here's the reason why... I'm an angel in disguise , On a world of lies .. A truther in disguise, on a world of lies . I don't see your prophets , I see your profits. I don't see you buy bull , I see you sell bull...
All believers have direct access to God, no need to confess to a celibate man. This only pollutes the mind of another person who has no business knowing the sins of me, my wife or young daughters. The history of the confessional is a sordid one indeed. I know this may be offensive to some, but go to Christ alone for forgiveness, He is the only mediator between man and God the Father i Tim. 2:5
@@Thurifer2005 What about confessing to Christ directly?-HE is alive waiting for intercession 1J2:1, 1Tim2:5 How could you even say ‘priest as Christ?- it is the blasphemy to compare SON of GOD to a sinful priest giving him the same power!!! You do NOT fear GOD ? You better repent from what you said !
A Catholic priest does not have the power to forgive you of your sins! The Bible wants you to REPENT of your sins to GOD in heaven! I use to be a Catholic but then I left after I read the Bible and it opened my eyes! SO READ THE BIBLE and let it open your eyes too! Don't believe anything the Catholic church says unless it is backed up with Bible evidence. God Bless you!!
The Church predates the Sacred Scriptures of the New Testament. The Church chose the books you read today. St. John expressed it well when he said that there are many other things that Jesus said and did that are not written in this book, and he added that there would not be room in the whole world for the books. Check out the last chapters of John's Gospel for yourself.
Catholic Priests have not read God's word thoroughly in the Bible, If so, they would know that you no longer confess to a man, ( a priest ). You now can confess and talk directly to God through the holy Spirit, ever since ACTS Chapter 2 in the King James Bible. The Catholic Church keeps this information from you. And you should go to a Bible believing church where they have the real word of God open on the pulpit, which is the King James Bible the real Word from the Lord. ( the creater of the stars above and everything )The truth. Also, there no longer should be a Lent sacrifice, Jesus was/ is the last sacrifice on the cross needed. "It is Finished" To continue any sacrifice act is blasphemy against God and you are saying Christ's sacrifice on the cross is not enough??? Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice..IT IS FINISHED. If a church makes up their own Bible and it's not the true word of God in the King James version of God's word, then it is blasphemy. The NIV and simplified is ok as long as it is the real word of God, and no verses have been changed or taken out by man.
