My former life!

[raikiri]

Hi fellow christians!

For one week ago i converted my faith over to a catholic faith!
next week i am going to confess my sins to the priest. i am really nervous, becouse i have done some things in my life i am not proud of!

When i was little, about 14-16, i am now 17. I had sex with one of the same sex. After this happened i fell into a depression, and almost killed myself in the progress, becouse the thing i did, was against all my beliefs, i was manipulated from the start. Now i live a good life, with lot`s of good friends at the church. But i have to confess this sin to my priest, and i am scared of the priest to make me leave the church, and not forgive me.

I now live a life, with a girl that i love with all my heart, we are both catholic, and hope to get married in a couple of years.

What should I do? i am scared to death about this, i have searched for forgiveness for something i regret with all my heart.

What should i do? should i go ahead and tell the priest my sins?

Thank you all, and god bless you and protect you!

 

[Onlythingavailable]

That's why God sent Jesus, to clear away all the sins. So that everyone who believes and repents might be saved. You are doing both it seems. You call it your former life, when you were little - Clearly you are repenting and have moved on from such a lifestyle.

I do not believe you need to fear the priest, nor the confession. Instead the priest will probably provide you with much better advice than you'll get here! A catholic poster would probably be able to provide more answers.

When God forgives, it's washed away. You do not need to dwell on the sin, just remember not to repeat it. God has set us free, don't let sin keep you in captivity.

 

[Cam001]

Hi fellow christians!

For one week ago i converted my faith over to a catholic faith!
next week i am going to confess my sins to the priest. i am really nervous, becouse i have done some things in my life i am not proud of!

When i was little, about 14-16, i am now 17. I had sex with one of the same sex. After this happened i fell into a depression, and almost killed myself in the progress, becouse the thing i did, was against all my beliefs, i was manipulated from the start. Now i live a good life, with lot`s of good friends at the church. But i have to confess this sin to my priest, and i am scared of the priest to make me leave the church, and not forgive me.

I now live a life, with a girl that i love with all my heart, we are both catholic, and hope to get married in a couple of years.

What should I do? i am scared to death about this, i have searched for forgiveness for something i regret with all my heart.

What should i do? should i go ahead and tell the priest my sins?

Thank you all, and god bless you and protect you!

There is no scriptural requirement to tell or confess your sins to a Priest. A Priest has absolutely no authority to forgive you for any sins in Gods place. You only need to confess to God the Father. You are already forgiven, but when you confess to God, you are repenting.

 

[RomanPrincess]

just get it all out,confess it all..........don't worry, im sure the preist has heard all kinds of things and most likely worse than what you have done.Be sure to turn away from these sins too.Your preist will not judge you and he won't kick you out of the church......that's your conscience talking to you because you feel bad and you know it was wrong.Confess it all and let it go.God will forgive you and wiped your account clean of your sins after you confessed it.God doesn't hold old sins against you after you have confessed it.

 

[Taylor43]

Jesus came and he died on the cross to forgive all our sins. I am not a catholic but use to be. I am sure the priest wont kick you out. Go and be honest because i am pretty sure you'll feel better after wards. I want to let you know God has forgiven you and he see all truth in you. I hope someone that is attending a catholic can be more of help to you. I am lifting you in prayers.
Hugs and God Bless
Taylor

 

[euphoria]

You just confessed it here, and so you're forgiven. I'm not really knowlegeable about the Catholic faith, but if you can confess things here, why not before a priest, especially if it will help to mend things between yourself and your Catholic faith?

 

[Hope22]

I am catholic and I am sure you will not be kicked out of the church. If you feel uncomfortable about your confession, could you have it behind a screen (private) this may make you feel better about it. Also the priest take a vow, they cannot judge you or tell anyone and definantly cannot kick you out. Everyone makes mistakes in this world and as long as you confess your sins and are truly sorry and remorseful and are gonna try your hardest to follow in the lords footsteps you will be forgiven. Yes, definantly confess ALL of your sins no matter how horrible you think they are, it will be as if a weight has been lifted off of your shoulders trust a fellow catholic I know.

 

[Hope22]

There is no scriptural requirement to tell or confess your sins to a Priest. A Priest has absolutely no authority to forgive you for any sins in Gods place. You only need to confess to God the Father. You are already forgiven, but when you confess to God, you are repenting.

When you go to confession a priest does NOT forgive you of your sins, he mediates and helps you to the lord! This is also why when you go into confession you say forgive me father for I have sinned, this is meaning the lord not the priest, the confession helps you to be relieved of your sins from god and make your repentence.

 

[raikiri]

Thanks for all the reply`s.
This helped me alot, and i will go and confess this no matter what, it has been like torture for my soul this incident! Thanks again

 

[Anti Existance]

You don't need the priests forgiveness but Gods forgiveness what is important is that you love your partner with all your heart, we are here on earth to learn life lessons, and the only thing we learn from mistakes is that we shouldn't make them.