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confession

  1. J

    EMERGENCY PRAYER REQUEST!

    Apparently, I didn't learn from my RCIA disaster, because last night, I acted cowardly again! I was helping out someone on her blog, when this modernist made this very erroneous and damaging comment, I considered saying something, but decided to ignore it. It was not until late that it sunk in...
  2. The Lord Helps His Troubled People

    The Lord Helps His Troubled People

    The Lord Helps His Troubled People Psalms 3 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. 3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. 4 I...
  3. J

    I've committed spiritual suicide!

    I've gravely offended God this morning! Please pray that I make it to confession this week, confess my sins well, with compunction and perfect contrition. And that I make a firm resolve to sin no more.
  4. J

    Two requests regarding Confession

    Hello, I have two prayer requests regarding confession: 1. That the correct formula for absolution be firmly established in my diocese. Without this I can do nothing, so this one is most urgent. 2. The I make a good General Confession. I plan on making a General Confession this Easter Season...
  5. PanagiotisM

    Question about confession

    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...
  6. Christsfreeservant

    Lord, Be King

    Monday, December 5, 2016, 9:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “When in the Stillness.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Acts 19:23-41 (ESV). Man-made gods (vv. 23-27) About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way. For a man named Demetrius, a...
  7. Fish and Bread

    What Really Happens in Confession?

    Link: http://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/what-really-happens-confession
  8. Christsfreeservant

    Hidden Errors

    Sunday, October 16, 2016, 10:00 a.m. The Bed Bugs Following the writing from this morning, “Confession,” the Lord Jesus has been giving me some additional insights into the reason for the bed bugs, but also what they symbolically represent in all of our lives. I believe that bed bugs...
  9. Christsfreeservant

    Confession

    Sunday, October 16, 2016, 4:12 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “You Raise Me Up.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Psalm 51:1-17 (ESV). Have Mercy (vv. 1-6) To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have...
  10. S

    Preparing for confession - need advice

    I'm going through time when I accepted that downloading media (music, movies) is a sin and I avoid it since then (also have confessed it already). Recently I also started with deleting all downloaded stuf, for I've read on forums that people do it and I see point of it (not keeping stolen...
  11. P

    Confessing to past mistakes. Bettering reltionship with God

    Hi there I hope people can shed some light and share their views with me on this. I suffer ocd so need simple answers! Basically.. I remember doing something a long time ago when I was a child. I remember the action (vaguely.. although my adult mind now could've twisted it and made something...
  12. Christsfreeservant

    In Weakness

    Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 5:24 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Jesus Paid It All.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 1 Corinthians 11:17-32 (ESV). Divisions Among You (vv. 17-19) But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not...
  13. ilovesendai7

    Confessions of lying

    I lied to my boss a few weeks back. He called me and I didn't answer the phone, but he could see through our security camera system that I was using my phone at the time. He called me out on it and I lied and said that I was searching something for a customer. I'm suffering from guilt now, and I...
  14. Winter_Rose

    Is Confession to a Priest Necessary?

    I've been a Catholic for a good number of years. But I've never been to confession. Is it necessary?
  15. M

    Long Distance Absolution

    In the Orthodox Church, is it possible to receive absolution over the telephone (if distance, insufficient car fare, or other circumstances keep you from getting to an Orthodox Priest, or keep the priest from getting to you)?
  16. M

    Confession and Absolution over the phone

    If there's no traditional Anglican Church near you, and an Anglican priest over two hours away is willing to hear your confession and grant you absolution over the phone, is it valid?
  17. M

    Absolution over the phone

    In the Orthodox Church, is it possible to receive absolution over the telephone (if distance, insufficient car fare, or other circumstances keep you from getting to an Orthodox Priest, or keep the priest from getting to you)?