I totally agree that the Church should make it an obligation to go to Confession on a certain number of occasions. At present, is it an obligation to go one per year or just a mere guideline or recommendation? Another question: would it be a mortal sin not to fulfill the obligation? Finally, is it a mortal sin to pit off Confession when being in the state of mortal sin?
A Precept of the church says you must go to confession at least once a year, which I think is not enough. Some people go every week. I usually go once a month, sometimes I might go twice a month. I’m going tomorrow on the fourth Sunday of advent because I want to go to confession as a birthday gift for Jesus.
For delaying confession when in mortal sin, it doesn’t seem clear at what point that in of itself becomes another mortal sin. Although it certainly would at some point. Since the Saints that say that if someone has had the tragedy of committing a genuine mortal sin, to ask God the grace to, and to attempt to, make an act of perfect contrition immediately and to basically get to confession as soon as possible after that. We also know this because the Church itself says that one of the requirements for ‘perfect contrition’ is to intend to go to confession as soon as possible. Another big problem is that, for both spiritual and natural reasons, being in a state of mortal sin can be the occasion of committing another one, which in of itself obviously CAN hold grave culpability for not removing the occasion as soon as possible.
Pius X was a progressive. He placed Comunión for the Faithfull during the Mass after the Priest consumes....untill that time Our Lord was distributed after the Mass was over. This, It was much less of a "Show" than It IS today.
As with anything in Life....the more you recieve something the less It IS appreciated. Before Pius X one needed permisión from your Spiritual Advisor to recieve Our Lord daily. One should be "Sqeaky clean" when approaching the Altar Rail. Frequent Confession should be emphacized. You can get to Heaven without Comunión......but one cannot get there without Contrition.
Do you think it is pleasing to The Holy Spirit to call Catholic,to say it is the Catholic hierarchy that teaches by words and actions that all religions and sects are valid and you can pray and participate in their ceremonies? That it is ok to say the Messiah did not come? To say that these people are Catholic,bishop or pope? That they can be canonized because the Holy Spirit is making known they are. Catholic,holy and in heaven?
I totally agree that the Church should make it an obligation to go to Confession on a certain number of occasions. At present, is it an obligation to go one per year or just a mere guideline or recommendation? Another question: would it be a mortal sin not to fulfill the obligation? Finally, is it a mortal sin to pit off Confession when being in the state of mortal sin?
A Precept of the church says you must go to confession at least once a year, which I think is not enough. Some people go every week. I usually go once a month, sometimes I might go twice a month. I’m going tomorrow on the fourth Sunday of advent because I want to go to confession as a birthday gift for Jesus.
For delaying confession when in mortal sin, it doesn’t seem clear at what point that in of itself becomes another mortal sin. Although it certainly would at some point.
Since the Saints that say that if someone has had the tragedy of committing a genuine mortal sin, to ask God the grace to, and to attempt to, make an act of perfect contrition immediately and to basically get to confession as soon as possible after that.
We also know this because the Church itself says that one of the requirements for ‘perfect contrition’ is to intend to go to confession as soon as possible.
Another big problem is that, for both spiritual and natural reasons, being in a state of mortal sin can be the occasion of committing another one, which in of itself obviously CAN hold grave culpability for not removing the occasion as soon as possible.
@jackedmonds4939 thanks for answering that well.
Pius X was a progressive. He placed Comunión for the Faithfull during the Mass after the Priest consumes....untill that time Our Lord was distributed after the Mass was over. This, It was much less of a "Show" than It IS today.
Deo gratias
As with anything in Life....the more you recieve something the less It IS appreciated. Before Pius X one needed permisión from your Spiritual Advisor to recieve Our Lord daily. One should be "Sqeaky clean" when approaching the Altar Rail. Frequent Confession should be emphacized. You can get to Heaven without Comunión......but one cannot get there without Contrition.
Do you think it is pleasing to The Holy Spirit to call Catholic,to say it is the Catholic hierarchy
that teaches by words and actions that all religions and sects are valid and you can pray and participate in their ceremonies? That it is ok to say the Messiah did not come?
To say that these people are Catholic,bishop or pope? That they can be canonized because the Holy Spirit is making known they are. Catholic,holy and in heaven?