Hey guys, I recently found out that when you confess, you HAVE to confess also to the person who you sinned against or it's not forgiven. I knew that you SHOULD do that but I didn't think that you had to. So now, am I going to have to remeber everything I did to everyone?? ???
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It depends on the sin, always consult your FOC to see what their opinion is. Explain the situation and see what they say. ;)
God bless,
CS
Most of our sins are against God in a way, and by confessing and repenting to adouna, that is a way of getting forgivness for our sins...hope that helped.
sleepy
sleepy
"Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. " Mt 5:23-24
if you confess but still haven't made peace with the party u've sinned against, according to Christ, you shouldn't partake in Holy Communion until peace is restored.. for not only your sake.. but his/hers...
There are certain things that people need not know, and this, I think, can be one of them.
sleepy
I don't mean the lying where you hurt anyone :) just useless lying..like how much i ate today or something..
Is this an intentional exaduaration or a mistake, that makes a difference because the devil likes to tear our conciences to pieces over nothing sometimes but again ask your father on a case by case basis until you learn. ;)
i know we're supposed to tell abouna everything we do, but i want to seriously know, is that possible? i mean abouna's a human too and theres just some things that i believe shold be kept between u and God alone.
if u cud all put some input here it wud be a great help! thanks in advance
sleepy
im sure u all heard it before, just thought id mention it ;D
BTW, Wat an interesting thread
KeEp It ReAl ;)
sleepy
thats new 4 me but dont u think abouna would have told us that during confession that we would have to tell the certain person?
o ill investigate.... :D
k peace
~*da queen*~
Confession's main fruits are:
1. forgivness of sins:
When you are sitting with Abouna you are actually sitting with Abouna and God, and Abouna acts as a lawyer and a judge, he will judge to see if you really are repenting or not and during confession your sins will be forgiven and the Priest offers you the Absolution which makes all the sins that you confessed forgiven before God. And this is very biblical, here are some verses:
a.James 5:16 Confess your trespasses[5:16 NU-Text reads [Therefore confess your sins.] ] to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
b.1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness
c.John 20
22And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
2.Soloution for problems:
Priest gives you Absolution like we said and a soloution, the soloution is to how to overcome if this sin, he gives you advice and routines you should develop, to overcome the sin.
3. Humility
It breaks your pride allowing you to repent and to really talk to God through the Priest; humility is one of the fruits developed by having a confession when the Priest sees you and knows you rather than behind the curtain confession.
Well that's all that is on my mind right now, ttyl ppl
Mike
sleepy
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I dont think abouna can really forget everything you tell him wen its something as important as wat im hesitating to tell him. and i can understnad they hear everything from adultery to murder n stuff but its just not the same. especially becaue i know abouna would never expect something like this from me. im not bragging or saying im a goody-goody but i know for a fact that this wud be the last thing to come to his mind wen he thinks of me.. i gues thats why im so hesitant, imafraid he'll be too surprised and tell myparents out of concern, but i dont want them to know, theyre last people id want to cnofront with such news...
yousef, let me tell u somethen,
Abouna i.e.ur confession father has been through alot and i can garantee you that what ur hiding from him, he has heard off some one else, man , abouna has been through( that is heard in confession) all the sins u can imagine and more, there is nothing he hasnt heard of, so pl dont keep anything from him.
The devil doesnt like being revealed, whe nu confess that dark hidden sin, u reveal him and bring to light his works, its like trying to steal when some is pointing one big torch at u and calling every 1 to see what u r donig.
so PLZ keep nothing hidden from Abouna
Any different massege is fro mthe devil trying to cover up his work
God be with you
Guess what, when abouna finishes confessions, he forgets everything that we tell him, and anyway, they hear all kinds of sins from many people, don't be so harsh on yourself. ;)
sleepy
Haha, my FoC in Egypt everytime I go into the room and tell him "Mesh fakerny ya 2ods Abouna?" I think he could probably swear he'd never seen me before.....
I find it funny...yet kinda sad
well God Bless
Mike
;D