Hi all,
I am new to the forum, and had a question that I hoped somebody could shed light on for me. At my recent confession I confessed all the sins I remembered, and then as I and my Priest stood up and he was about to tell me to kneel down to receive the prayer of absolution, a thought came to my head: that I "haven't been obedient to the church." I did not confess this, however, as I felt that the priest could consider it to be too vague, and in truth if I did confess it and he asked me how exactly I've been disobedient, the answer would be through all the sins I just confessed. However, a part of me is nervous that perhaps "disobedience to the Church" is a sin in itself and I didn't confess it, invalidating the confession. As he is busy I didn't want to arrange an appointment with him unless it is urgent, does anybody have any thoughts on this?
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
I am new to the forum, and had a question that I hoped somebody could shed light on for me. At my recent confession I confessed all the sins I remembered, and then as I and my Priest stood up and he was about to tell me to kneel down to receive the prayer of absolution, a thought came to my head: that I "haven't been obedient to the church." I did not confess this, however, as I felt that the priest could consider it to be too vague, and in truth if I did confess it and he asked me how exactly I've been disobedient, the answer would be through all the sins I just confessed. However, a part of me is nervous that perhaps "disobedience to the Church" is a sin in itself and I didn't confess it, invalidating the confession. As he is busy I didn't want to arrange an appointment with him unless it is urgent, does anybody have any thoughts on this?
Thank you very much and God bless you all.