MOTHER THERESA OF CALCUTTA: “In spite of our defects, God is in love with us, and keeps using you and me to be the light of love and compassion in the world. So give Jesus a big smile, and a big thank you!”
Keep asking the Holy Spirit to illuminate them. You will remember things you may not have even realized were sins and you can confess them with a truly repentant heart. Even if you're not sure something is a sin, go, and tell your confessor what is burdening you. He will help. I heard something on a good YT channel that had to do with the validity of marriage. Long story short, it applied to my situation prior to my becoming a widow so I went to confession. My priest wasn't sure either but he absolved me and took it to a Canon Lawyer who basically backed me up. Even thought I became free when I became a widow, I had made a sacramentally invalid marriage and that had to be confessed. I didn't know it at the time but the fact remained.
I am a Catholic all my life made some confessions in my life but made the real one at 52 , it doesn't matter at what age you did it first time, God bless !
my last confession was at the start of covid.. I have huge problems in my life right now I know I need to go to confession but I lost faith in mass and in the eucharist. how can I confess if I m not willing nor believing in mass anymore. it's not like a magical switch suddenly I can have faith again. it's sad bc I m still drawn to watching catholic videos and interesting exorcists and preachers talk. but that s it..
I made an appointment to go to confession the day e for Ash Wednesday. First time in 30 years. I almost didn’t go due to fear and shame. I heard God say this is exactly why you must go. The enemy wants to keep you away. I just said ok I’m going in and went through the door and did it. Thank you Jesus
It’s one of the reasons I hesitated to go but sometimes the priest notice it and helps to make it easier for me to “ unload “ my load of sins. I feel “lighter “ after I’m done cuz I want to be and die in grace 🙏🏼 and grow closer to my creator. May Lord guide us and gives his grace to be closer to him.
We need to go to confession because og God Wants us to go it's what he wa t, yes we can say to Him in the house where we live we are sorry or sorrow and ask forgiveness but He wants us to go to a priest for confession.
Im a returning Catholic and confession has been a huge stumbling block for me. I need all the guidance I can learn. Im so glad this sacrament will be discussed. Im looking forward to watching. Thank you
You are so welcome, Margaret! Once we realize the amount of grace poured out in the Sacrament of Confession, and how much it helps us in our daily spiritual lives, Confession becomes something that we are more comfortable with, and even come to love.
The first couple of times I went, it was the Sacrament of "Reconciliation" and you just talk in private to the priest and he won't ask for specifics but if you have them in your heart and are truly sorry, you can be absolved. It can be mortifying to enumerate specifically. That's why the Reconciliation method was devised. But I think it takes a priest who is good at pastoral counseling and who doesn't just speak in platitudes. It should lead you to want more restitution and eventually lead you into the traditional confessional. This is a form of spiritual warfare as well. If you can't get to an actual Mass everyday, try to watch a televised one. I have started doing that and I find it has helped tremendously. There are several on YT. If you can't find time to pray the Rosary every day, at least do an Our Father, 3 Hail Marys and the Glory Be. I sometimes add the St. Michael prayer.
@@tinalettierithere is only one sacrament of penance, AKA reconciliation AKA confession. Whether you are in a booth or just face to face anywhere it’s all the same sacrament, and it required kind and number to be valid. You have to be specific with the sin, but not with the details of the sin. So for an example you have to say if you watched p****graphy and how many times, but you don’t need to say what you watched specifically. There is no difference or such thing as a “reconciliation method” vs a “traditional confessional”. Reconciliation is just another name for the sacrament of penance
@@lucidlocomotive2014 You can state the mortal sins you can remember and then tell the Priest that you want to make a general confession for any sins you might not remember and he will absolve you and give you a penance to do.
My sins are many , Lord have mercy, at your feet I lay me down. Help me never to fall into sin again as I surrender me to thee my Lord and Savior. Amen 🙏
We receive The Holy Spirit when we are Baptized. Jn 3:5, Acts 22:16 Mortal sins committed after Baptism can cause The Holy Spirit to flee from us until we receive absolution from the Priest in Confession. The Priest is In Persona Christi when enacting Gods Sacraments. That’s why Jesus Christ instituted The Sacrament of Confession. 2 Cor 5:18-20, Jn 20:21-23, Mt 18:17-18
She is our spiritual mother, and have supernatural abidement with us, more so,to those who are devoted to her, because God allowed that her personality.
For years I have been confessing the SAME SINS because I kept REPEATING the falling to temptation of the same sin of the flesh until the grace of God took place in my soul and finally the real realization came and I have undergone TRUE REPENTANCE. Thanks to Mary Most Chase intervention.And that took place when I began the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart First Friday Mass and First Saturday Mass devotion of which One Condition is a monthly confession which I practiced for many years. And one day when the devil tries to tempt me in my sleep, I was able to resist as my mind would immediately turns to Mary.Thank you for this podcast that it may help people who faces the same temptation over and over again. Sin hurt Jesus and Mary. And if we love someone (God and men) we don’t want to hurt them continually for in the process we hurt ourselves is all I can add.
Once I heard a priest say in a homily about confession to say, "Judge me, O Lord, and let me not deceive myself" and to this day I always say the prayer before every examination and confession. It is very powerful, and I recommend it to others as well.
Its not that I have sorrow for my sins, but sometimes, after absolution, I am so grateful to God for this, that I cry. He still accepts me. I'm getting closer, I think. It has helped me to ask the Holy Spirit beforehand, for help in seeing how my sins offend God.
Yes... Sometimes we don't know how to have sorrow, so we can ask the Holy Spirit to grant us that sorrow, and the best way to gain the Holy Spirits favour is to ask His Spouse, Mary. Just the fact of asking for sorrow, is a sign that we have sorrow. We mentioned that in the video (17:44 onwards)
Don't let this sorrow for offending God to receive forgiveness teaching torment you. It is not accurate. All you need for forgiveness of any sin, mortal or not, is imperfect contrition. That is a fear of going to hell. So if you confess your sin with a disposition to not do the sin anymore you will be forgiven. You need either perfect or imperfect contrition to receive forgiveness of mortal sins as taught in the Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraphs 1451-1453. Either type of contrition suffices. So confess your sins and know that God is faithful and will forgive you.
@@sdmascar8905 It is true that we did not use the words imperfect contrition/perfect contrition, but that doesn't make what we said inaccurate. What is is imperfect contrition if not a supernatural sorrow? Although we don't have to cry to have sorrow, we must be sorry in our heart i.e. sincerely. And yes, it is important to stress on perfect contrition although it is not necessary for the absolution to be valid. A perfect contrition can put you in the state of grace because it arises out of Charity towards God and this gives the person a disposition to confess if possible. If we aim for a merely imperfect contrition, then we should not expect much progress in our spiritual life, and the probabilty of the person drifting away from confession is much higher, and could eventually lead to.... rather not say the word.
What a wonderful podcast; helping us to confess with LOVE and true contrition ... especially enjoyed the explanation of the joy a priest feels when someone confesses a serious sin ... not because of the sin, but because he participates in Our Lord's joy at absolving it
For almost twenty years I harbored a mortal sin in my conscience. Listening to this podcast gave me the courage to confess it to my priest. Glory to God!
Hello Barbara. Beautiful! Let us look at the grace offered in the Sacrament of Penance/Confession, be humble, and go before God with our sins. Glory to God indeed!
SALVE MARIA! A truly transformational podcast! Thank you so very much for this podcast! All the stories of the Saints, Juan Bosco and the French Revolution priest! Truly, truly helpful. The Heralds of the Gospel are really helping all humanity. May OUR LADY surround us with her mantle of PROTECTION and LOVE and defend us against all evil! Amen!
I used to think for 5? 6? Years now... That you only have to do confession when you only do mortal sins. Aka killing someone/committed abortion... It didn't occur to me that your confession should always have to be from the heart. That you are truly sorry. That is why you're confessing it. If you do not even feel sorry it's not authentic. 😵💫🤯 Thanks you Fathers
I’ve heard a good purpose of amendment for venial sin could be: I hate this venial sin, I commit it way too much and am going to try to really cut down the number”
Thank you Heralds of the Gospel for this important teaching! I would love to share it with the members of my family. Little knowledge about our faith is really dangerous.
Great discussion on confession. There is so much to learn in the Catholic faith and even while rummaging around as a faithful Catholic one may or may never stumble across such valuable information. It is a sacrament that needs to be practiced in order to get better at it over time.
POPE BENEDICT XVI: “People should not fear God, thinking he is always ready to punish, but rather they should love him because he is always ready to forgive. God is not a relentless sovereign who condemns the guilty, but a loving father whom we must love not out of fear of punishment, but because of his goodness. The Lord is a God who is just, but always ready to reveal himself as merciful and compassionate. God loves us in a way that we might call ‘obstinate’ and enfolds us in his inexhaustible tenderness. The anger and mercy of the Lord alternate in a dramatic sequence, but love triumphs in the end, for God is love.” “God’s passionate love for his people - for humanity - is at the same time a forgiving love. It is so great that it turns God against himself, his love against his justice.”
Would love a talk live like consecration where we can ask you Father questions about confession and how to gain even more understanding GREAT TALK WE LOVE HERALDS AND DO NEED TO GO THROUGH MARY AND TRUST
💙🙏🏻💙🙏🏾💙 Praying the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary moves me to uncontrolable weeping sometimes. .. sometimes for my sins but sometimes for sins of the world Prayers from the heart are heard by God .
Salve María- I have listened in to your Guatemala and El Salvador videos/talks. I was not aware the Heraldos had these videos/talks in the English language. 🙌 I will be sharing these podcasts with a friend. I thank God I came across your video today. God bless you all - thank you. Very interesting and good for us to learn from such topics. Watching you from San Antonio, Texas 👋👩🏻🐕🐕
Supernatural sorrow is nothing that I as a broken man can never achieve. The best I can give is my own natural sorrow for my sins having offended God and place my trust that the Lord elevates my sorrow to a supernatural level.
You are absolutely right. To have supernatural sorrow is already an effect of grace. Even making a sign of the cross with devotion is impossible without the grace of God. But what Fr. Michael is talking about is that you should have faith based motives to be sorry. Even the fear of Hell is a faith based motive (and we call that imperfect contrition, but even imperfect contrition is a faith-based/supernatural sorrow) Please watcht the whole video if you didn't. Doubts like these arise when you just watch random parts of the video or pay attention only to some frases.
The last confession I gave before my disability , I decided to do a face to face confession. The priest was very holy, he was the presider of the Latin mass. I don’t know why, but I started crying and it was very profound,.
I got a huge grace related to direction I thank you Fathers !!!! It’s an immense grace pray it comes to fruition I share because of the power of Out Lady your vocations and the amazing gifts you share knowledge
Hello, Mary! You are very welcome; so happy to have you join us here and to know that you are enjoying our videos. We are praying for you; please pray for us too!
I came back to the Church after a long detour into Evangelical Christianity about two years ago. I knew I had to make Confession. I'm not in the US but I went to my local Church and asked for a priest. They are Carmelites, btw. Father took me into a room and we sat and talked about my journey. He told me I did not have to enumerate my sins but just be truly sorry in my heart because God knows what I did and what I repent of. Then he absolved me. Once I started going to Sat. evening Mass, I saw that traditional confession is available and as I have recalled things I've done, I have confessed them in private and specifically. I am pre-Vatican 2 and this just felt better to me. I'm still not 100% sure I was absolved of all the things that were on my heart that first time even tho I know I was truly sorry for them, some as a child when I didn't know they were mortal sins.
Yes, if you absolved in subsequent confessions then you are absolved of all past sins including those you've forgetten. God's mercy is rich and overflowing. He knows you had a contrite heart, with purpose of amending your life.
Also, we are to avoid ‘Scrupolosity’, where we can be morbidly over concerned with details that a confession wasn’t ‘perfect enough’- were told this is a trap that the enemy uses to cause us to focused on him, and not on Our Lord Jesus. Try to make the best, most honest confession you can, hold none of your responsibility in those sins back, and give them to God-
Happy for you to have made the journey back to the Church. If you confessed your sins, were truly sorry, and given Absolution, then you can be certain that your sins are gone and forgiven. God bless you!
I think that going specific is very good and important but we should know what type of sin it is so we don't repeted. It's not being too scripolous. It's a way one keeps ourselves on check. ie. We overreact and Say hash words. That's fifth commendment and also capital sins of pridefulness and anger and also related to not following act of Mercy as lovingly correct and forgive someone, all for the Glory of God and love of fellow men.
I go to confession but the confessor also needs to be merciful, kind and loving, not slam his head back against the wall, roll his eyes and act like he’s having a seizure, not try to publicly shame you at the pulpit and belittle you, oh and then spread rumors to every priest in the neighborhood! Now I have a very hard time in the confessional, I am terrified my confessions are not confidential. God Bless!💕🙏😂
Hello Katie! What you refer to is something so rare among Catholic priests that I wouldn't worry about it repeating. Try to find another priest in a neighboring Parish. If you wish, ask your friends to recommend one who's good at attending confessions. Count on our prayers!
The flying monkeys in the neighboring parishes have listened to his garbage and they aren’t much better. I keep praying for a really good confessor who understands the wiles of spiritual warfare and the Lord working to sanctify a soul. One can never know what the Lord is doing in a soul that’s why we can never judge. This particular person was gunning for me the moment he arrived at the Parrish. I felt it was a most demonic attack. He has zero clues about warfare. A nightmare scenario. I will keep praying, however, the Lord sees everything. I will keep praying. Thanks a bunch! 💕🙏😇
I am absolutely SHOCKED that any priest would do this! I have had a problem with priests assuaging me about my sins not being serious enough for confession!
I was totally stunned. I have NEVER had that happen before. I was at Adoration one day just talking my head off to the Lord about it, I was sssoo upset and I was going to go off on the person but the clearly said “ I will deal with them.” So I left it alone. I don’t care how tiny the venial sin is go to confession anyway. I saw a video the other day about St. Theresa of Avila and what she saw in hell. She saw people falling in hell like snowflakes and she told the Lord “surely these are unbelievers” He told her no, they were people who made poor confessions or didn’t think they sinned enough to go to confession. She had many mystical experiences with Jesus. When He told her that I was stunned. This video was good because people don’t take confession serious enough and we do have to have a serious mind about repentance and extreme sorrow. You can probably find the video on TH-cam. What St. Theresa of Avila saw in hell. God Bless! Enjoyed the chat. 💕🙏😇
@@HeraldsoftheGospel_officialjudgment is actually not of God but of the ego (what you might call “the devil”). I see that as that which creates the illusory sense of separation between a person and God. But unlike “the ego/devil”, God doesn’t judge because He doesn’t condemn. Only that which lives in a state of separation from “wholeness/Holiness” judges and attacks. God has already forgiven you because that is God’s essence, His whole “nature.” Having said that, God doesn’t need our confession because he has given us all His love and mercy unto us BEFORE we come to Him. It is complete outside of time. God is not “of time”. He doesn’t need confession, but we do!!!!! Why would perfect love condemn? Perfect love has no opposite and therefore cannot judge. It is flawless and perfect within itself. God only loves. God is love. I think this is forgotten (or perhaps avoided?) by many Catholics and many priests who do things ritualistically and intellectually rather than through a deeper heart-felt & metaphysical understanding of true God-nature.
I am a sinner. I have to believe in our Lord's mercy. I can't believe have to flog myself over my sins. I fully recognize I have offended my God. I have sorrow for what I have done and what I failed to do. I just beg my Lord for his mercy.
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I always get home and think that I could've made a better confession, or I left something or some things out. It's hard for me to get to communion. I never think I'm worthy to go.
Hello. We must believe that we are worthy of Communion, especially after going to Confession! When you go to Confession, you can simply tell the priest that you are sorry for ALL of your sins, even the ones you forget. It is so important to receive Communion, for it is the Bread of Life. When we seriously contemplate receiving Communion, who of us is worthy? But...Jesus left us with this gift of Himself, and told us how important it is to receive Him. The Church makes it possible for us to receive Him as often as possible...even every day, or even twice a day. Jesus has made it possible for you to be worthy to receive Him, even though we are not worthy. Please go to Communion! God bless you!
@@peaceandlove544yes this is a great idea and this is what I do. I take time to reflect prior and then I take the list and read through it so I don’t forget anything. I search my mind and my heart going back even to my childhood for even small sins that have remained dormant but that need offering and release. I think being diligent and disciplined in this, is part of approaching confession in a holy way. Being “whole” in our approach: reflection, sorrow, meditation on our sins, having contrition, and being willing to let them go : the surrender; all of this is important in the lead up and preparation for confession. Finally, and this is something that priests won’t talk about but which I feel is important, is that if we do genuinely forget a sin, don’t feel guilty and beat yourself up. Guilt is not of God, it belongs to the ego. Be kind to yourself. Be loving. And just have willingness to return to it at your next confession and do better next time. I feel that this sincerity and heartfelt sense of true sorrow - but not in a depressive way but in a knowing way and a self-aware and loving way - is more important than anything. God has already forgiven you, he “gives be’fore” you’ve even confessed. What is important is that you recognise this and still ask for forgiveness. The asking is a reflection of even the slightest willingness and self-awareness and that’s what counts. The Holy Spirit responds to even your slightest and littlest willingness.
Salve Maria Father Michael and dear Heralds, Some years ago, I kept confessing something wrongly, then on the Feast of Saint Michael I went to confession and while standing in line, I was praying to remember anything that I need it to confess, then I heard the name of the sin clearly in my head! I went in confession and I named it correctly. Thank you Saint Michael the Archangel! QUESTION, what happened with my confessions before that one? I do not remember what did I confess and when previously. Is there anything I have to do? Thank you!
From what you say it seems you have a good desire to confess well. You can pose this problem to the priest in confession and ask him what to do. But nothing to worry about, trust in Our Lady, ask her for the grace to resolve this issue in the best way possible, and She will protect you. We must trust Her. She wants to resolve this problem more than you and She will find a way.
Salve Maria, Daniel! If you have confessed your sins, and all those that you remember, had sorrow for your sins, received absolution and did the penance which the priest gave you, then you are absolved of those sins! God bless you!
No matter how much we scourge our conscience looking for any forgotten sins, some of them might slip our vigilance and not get confessed. I think that unless they are mortal we can't remember all of our daily trespasses. Sometimes we don't even realize we've commited a sin! 😢😢😢
Thank you Fathers for advising us regarding confession especially the three mistakes. Just love that Jesus is in the confession to hear and give us absolution through the Priests. Priests are protected by Mother Mary. Holy Mary Mother of be God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, Amen. ❤❤❤❤.
At one time I was using confession to sin. I was graced by Jesus and only Jesus & I spoke of it. I usually cry when I go to confession. I can't help it. I made the priest uncomfortable at times. It was deep. Because Jesus died brutally for me. I meditate on his passion death crucifixion but I still sin. The closer I get to Jesus the easier I cry when I sin. It is natural for me. Meditating on his life passion crucifixion death is heart wrenching.
I cannot begin to thank you Frs. for taking time and so much care to educate us about this most delicate yet so vital a matter for our salvation! Salve Maria, my sweet guardian angel, guard me from falling into any sin deliberately, venial or mortal, and guide me to make a heartfelt contrite confession whenever I commit a sin!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
One of the promises of our lady who have devotion to Her 7 sorrows is true contrition for our sins. So if you struggle with contrition develop a devotion to our lady of sorrows. Also She promises that She will illuminate our conscious. I’ve personally experienced this so I encourage ALL to turn to Our Lady of Sorrows during this Lent
I just started the seven sorrows rosary regimen to determine how to do a more sincere confession and to be aware of my most important defect. There have been many tears and I’m only on day 2🙏
Can i continue to pray and seek mercy, even being unable to get to a priest and other obstacles( hearing impared, distance to church, transportation,not all agreeable, little conflicted urgency +more scheduling stress -- to put it in a brief nutshell. Need also to ask about distraction of sinful thoughts adding to regret not a simple thing. Very hard to live peacefully, if you understand. Praying and fast should make peace of Jesus clear, some what. I know it takes time, but still a struggle
Hello! Yes, it is very important to persevere in prayer. If you are unable to reach the Sacraments, there might be some way to do so. Perhaps, a friend or a relative could help you and bring a priest to visit you. If you are unable to confess you should always make an act of contrition asking pardon from God for having offended Him, and resolving never to sin again. As for "sinful thoughts", to have a thought or an image in our mind is not a sin at all. It would be a sin if we provoke it by exposing ourselves to things or persons that lead to us having these thoughts, or if we consent to the thoughts and take pleasure in them. That is why it is important to pray immediately and distract yourself with something else. I think, more than anything else, the devil wants to make you lose your peace by suggesting all these things. Pray, and confide in God. If you fall, ask pardon, and try to confess. Peace of soul is imperative. Sin is often a fruit of losing our peace. God bless, and count on our prayers!
I dont cry. I'm more annoyed at myself for when I screw up. I hate sinning and disappointing our Lord. Especially the same crap over and over. I go to confession 2 to 3 times a month. I try to pray as much as I can. I'm up to 3 rosaries a day and a 7 sorrows and the 12 year st. Bridget bleeding prayer
I have profound sorrow and horror of my sins for having offended God who is only good to us. The consequences of my sin are great such that I cannot know or understand, yet God has shown me how my sins have caught fire in the world. I love God very much and I desire to be Holy for His sake, and to do penance for the insults and blasphemies to Jesus and Mary by poor sinners who do not know what they do.
God help us to make good confession, it’s hard sometimes when we fall we try to go immediately and may struggle for a long while to overcome vice is there a prayer to expedite this grace ? God bless all Heralds for the greatest teaching available frank , open Understanding Like Christ
I went to confession yesterday. I have a very hard time with confession. I usually pray on it for maybe months in advance or even days in advance. Listening to you I know I have to let the priest know that I forget. My memory is really bad. It’s gotten worse. I need the priest to help me with the prayers and the order . Thank you so much for helping with us.
I had a priest tell me that I could write down my sins to help me remember...but warning because of seal of confession he said take the paper I wrote it on and burn it so we don't break the seal of confession. Which means as soon as you finish confession and do your penenace when you get home burn that paper. Hope that helps. Ask your priest for guidance on that.
ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: : “The love of Christ is more powerful than sin and death. St. Paul explains that Christ came to forgive sin and that his love is greater than any sin, stronger than all my personal sins or those of anyone else. This is the faith of the Church. This is the Good News of God’s love that the Church proclaims throughout history and that I proclaim to you today: God loves you with an everlasting love. He loves you in Christ Jesus, his Son.”
I do cry when I confess for my sins and have offended my Jesus and God, my father. I'm crying now as I write this because my sin is in my flesh but my heart is truly sorrowful I love God with all my spirit, heart, mind, and strength.
I have had bad experiences with Priest in confession. One accused me of going to a heretical church (SSPX) which was incorrect. Then another priest telling me my experience was not supernatural. I went along with this for a long while and then realized he may or may not have been correct.
I was taught by St.Padre Pio and Jesus Himself how to make a good Confession with Humility . So , I ask God Holy Spirit , Our Blessed Mother Mary and my Guardian Angel to help me make a Good Confession,and They give me the strength and courage to be truthful in Humility to tell my sins to the Priest and to Jesus , Who is present in that Holy Sacrament . Thanks be to God , Salve Maria !
Thank you Fr! These 3 errors in confession and the remedies with the help of Our Queen Mother will not only help me but also for me to teach the CCE students.
I love your videos, and the timeliness of them are often uncanny. I generally love going to confession. I do complete a checklist; a thorough self examination of conscience, and I try to go to confession every 2-6 weeks. Something very unusual happened to me in the confessional this past week. I don’t recall this ever happening to me as an adult. I’m over 50; I have gotten over nearly any bashfulness regarding confession with our priests. However, this happened on Saturday afternoon, during my most recent confession I had a massive urge to lie in the confessional. I didn’t give in to the urge, I gave an honest confession. But why? I didn’t have anything earthshaking to confess, my life is fairly boring, confessions are just about as exciting. My question: (I don’t understand why I didn’t bring this up in the confessional.) Should an immediate urge to lie during confession, even when the urge is ignored/suppressed, become part of the confession as well? Is it a sin if the urge is resisted… and if so, is that venial or mortal? I guess I had always thought that the confessional would be a place of protection against the evil one. May God bless you for your sacrifices and service to Him, and to us Catholics. Thank you and blessed Lent.
Hello Ali. You were tempted, and you overcame that temptation! Good for you! Sometimes we are tempted to hide our sins because of the strong urge not to reveal our true selves to other humans, out of desire for human respect. Even when the priest cannot see us or does not know our voices, we can find ourselves in that situation. The most important thing is that you resisted that temptation and made an honest confession. The evil one does not want us to confess our sins, because when we make a good Confession, we receive huge graces and strength to resist his tricks and snares. God bless you too!
Every night before I sleep I thank God for all the benefits and blessings that I received, then I ask God for forgiveness of all my sins, then I recite the prayer of penance that the Priest impose on me after my last Confession. My Confessor told me to unite my prayer of Penance to the intention of our Lady of Sorrows on Calvary, so that I may receive the grace to sorrow for my sins and the grace to abhor sin, to avoid sin, and the near occasion of sin.
Exactly. I cant believe this nitpicking legalist talk. Our whole life is taken into account, not a few unintentional errors in confession. This is scrupulousity
Check out John Chapter 20 verses 21-23. Jesus appeared to the Apostles after having risen and He then breathed on them and said “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive men’s sins they are forgiven them. If you hold them bound, they are held bound”
The salvation of each individual soul depends on God's perfect wisdom. We were only trying to help Catholics seeking perfection to find out how to confess better. (Besides, an unintentional error is never a fault, but not all errors in confession are unintentional. For instance, hiding a mortal sin is perfectly intentional, and indeed a sacrilegious mockery of the Sacrament of confession. Also, if the intention of abandoning sin is not present, then confession is not even valid since the person is not repentant for what he did. No one can be repentant of attempted murder if he still wishes to kill the person at the first opportunity. These are not unintentional.)
These people may cause some people to fall into despair. They completely ignore perfect and imperfect contrition. Even if you only have imperfect contrition--it is "good enough".
@brackguthrie9470 It is a pity that you did not even take the trouble to watch the video before calumniating... If you had watched at least the first 5 minutes, you would have seen that Fr. Michael explains very clearly that fear of hell and other similar motives (imperfect contrition) is sufficient for a valid confession. We truly hope that you made this comment out of ignorance and did not make a false accusation on purpose. We'll pray for you.
@@HeraldsoftheGospel_official Quite thin-skinned aren't you. The idea that you should cry during confession is preposterous. The underlying spirit of the video does not support the idea that imperfect contrition is sufficient. Also, in your treatment of desire not to repeat a serious sin, you do not bring up actual culpability for serious offenses such that a person's ability to avoid future occasion of sin may be affected by personality traits, past abuse, or addiction. Overall, I do not think this presentation serves to bring people to the confessional. Perhaps you could pay closer attention to your pastoral approach.
@brackguthrie9470 Brack, please take time to watch the video. It's useless arguing unless you do so. Once again, you show that you did not watch with your own words: "The idea that you should cry during confession is preposterous".
I understand that you don't have time to watch this video with attention. But then, how did you find time to make so many rash comments? If you watch this video you will learn that there is more to confession than imperfect contrition... I invite you to open your horizons. No need to despair. We stress on confidence in Our Lady and simplicity in confession. We never said you have to cry to be contrite. We said just the opposite. Everyone talks about imperfect and perfect contrition. But very few mention that sorrow must be for supernatural motive, even if contrition is imperfect, it MUST be for MOTIVES based on faith (fear of hell is one of them). But it cannot be for natural motives (e.g. because my sins cause mental disorders) Once again Brack. Watch the video, and please correct your rash objections.
Thank you so much for your videos, especially this one regarding the Sacrament of Penance/Confession/Reconciliation. It is so very helpful. Also, It should be clarified that: * It is Immediate Excommunication for any Priest who would break the seal of confession.
I finally went to confession at Pentecost after a year. I spent many many many hours preparing and writing them down but it got to the point where I was thinking and ruminating all the time about the sins and writing everything down so I made myself stop and went to confession a few days later. Then I remembered I purposely didn’t write down these sins because I was trying to stop the compulsive rumination so now I’m doubtful about my confession. I just wish this was easier for me
Hello. A good Confession occurs when we take to the Sacrament all of those things which are sinful in our lives. When we hold back on those sins, whether out of fear or embarrassment, we deprive ourselves of the multitude of graces that Our Lord will grant us in that humility, fear and humiliation of admitting our faults. There are healing graces in the Sacrament of Confession, and even though we find it difficult through the fear of bringing all of this to light, that is where the healing takes place. Light drives away darkness and fear! God bless you; we are praying for you.
I don't want to sin until it comes before me. If I really believed in God, then I'd labour to avoid the sins perfectly and sometimes He has enabled me to be successful, but often enough I fail and fly into sin as I have no care or faith in God. So, then I doubt my efforts and become discouraged. How can I pray or go to confession when this merry-go-round of sinning, confessing, and sinning again repeats itself?
With perseverance and confidence! "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!" When we fall, we get back up; giving up is not an option. God bless you!
Such an excellent talk! Thank you very much Fr. Michael and Brs. John and Vincent. May Our Lady continue to use you as beacons of hope and light in our troubled world. Salve Maria!
So, failing to avoid the near occasions of sin despite not having fallen back into the particular sin still invalidates my confession? Coming from someone who struggles extremely with scrupulosity the only thought going through my mind is that all of my confessions up to this point have been invalid. Someone please help …
IF YOU TRULY ARE SCRUPULOUS, THEN YOU SHOULD WATCH/LISTEN TO THE WHOLE PODCAST WITH ATTENTION!!! If you watch the full video you will understand that it doesn't invalidate the confession, and you will also get some tips on how get over scruples. Watch 47:48 onwards. As long as you have the firm resolution not to commit the sin again, and as long as you have a firm resolution to avoid the near ocassion of sin, DURING THE CONFESSION, your confession WILL BE VALID and you will be forgiven. What happens after the confession doesnt invalidate the confession.
@jcab3424 I'm almost certain all your confessions were valid, so stay calm. If you sincerely wish to overcome sin, and confess for that, then you're on the right track. As for occasions of sin, you have to understand what a near occasion of sin means. A "near occasion" depends on certain circumstances. For instance, for some people, the simple use of internet may be a near occasion of sin. For others, it is not at all. Then again, there are certain circumstances that are occasions of sin for almost all humans, but it may not be a near occasion, if the person is obliged to it by his profession. (For example: doctors.) Now, if a person knows that a certain situation has already led him to fall several times into the same sin, then for that person this is a near occasion, even if it might not be for others. So, if that is the case, we should avoid this at all cost, even if it means some loss, like that of a friend or that of our social relationships. I know a priest who was obliged to once tell a man that he had to completely give up on the use of internet if he wanted to save his soul. Of course, this was an extreme case. For most people, certain blocks are enough to keep the person from sin. In any case, if you have the intention of not sinning again, and of avoiding the occasion if that's the only way to not fall into sin, then your confessions are valid. The question you put is about something else. It's the same as asking what happens if we fall into the same sin after Confession (because no one can sin without an occasion for it). Well, that's precisely what we have confession for. We have to confess as many times as it is necessary to overcome our sins. There is no need for scrupulosity. Scruples are a lack of confidence in God's mercy. God did not give us the Sacrament of Confession to condemn us, but because He wants to save us. Scruples arise because we want to practice virtue to feel that we can prove our worth to God. We should actually practice virtue to please God, and God alone. To recognize our miseries and humble ourselves for them is actually a good reason to grow in confidence in God. I would recommend to pray a lot to Our Lady, especially the Rosary, to overcome sin and scruples. Leave the rest to her. I also have a superb book recommendation: the Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux. It will change your life, I promise. One last thing: CONFIDENCE! Remember that for God, for Our Lady, everything is possible. We're praying for you!
I had last rites about 2 months ago. I wonder when it changed in the church for a priest not to wear a stole? When did they stop anointing the feet in the last rites? I'd really like to have these questions answered. God blesses us all every moment...💙✨🙏✨☮️🥀📿
Hello. Priests still use the stole, though some might have dropped the practice. The stole should only be used by Bishops, priests, or Deacons, and only at the moments when they specifically exercise their ministry, like when they administer the Sacraments, or take the Blessed Sacrament in hands. The use of the stole does not affect the validity of the Sacrament. As for the anointing of the sick, the Church still uses the rite of anointing organs of the body that symbolically correspond to the five senses, as well as the feet. This may be dispensed and a shorter rite (for instance, anointing only the forehead) may be used for reasons of brevity, necessity (medical conditions) or modesty (especially in the case of women). This does not affect the validity of the Sacrament. The Church expressly permitted this.
2:34 True absolute contrition is a grace. For most people it comes in gradients. I was taught that a sorrow based on a just fear of hell along with a firm purpose of amendment is sufficient at first. Fear of the Lord is, after all, the beginning of all wisdom. We just can’t stay there or become presumptuous. We have to grow in love and thus our understanding of the damage we did will be revealed to us and then true sorrow born from love is formed. And it grows. Remember so many people are so thoroughly brainwashed by modernism that they don’t know which way is up. God have mercy on us all! So I pray for a fear of God for people. People don’t even have that anymore. And that’s where is starts. It starts with fear of God. Fear of hell. A horror for the sin. It’s the first grace. Then God in his tender compassion comes with his light and tells us to fear not but to trust in his grace, and he unchains us from the snares that have captured our minds. And when we finally see, we are compelled love, to weep for our sins and ingratitude. And after that Love compels us on to the next levels, knowing it’s always his grace. That’s been my experience.
I am going to do a general confession, but I still struggle by the sin of lust and I see myself falling into it, I don't want to do it, but I tend to fall. But you're saying my forgiveness is invalid, because I know I will fail, and I have to confess with the mindset of I know I won't sin again. Then I most likely never be forgiven.
If you watch the full video you will understand that it doesn't invalidate the confession. Watch 47:48 onwards. As long as you have the firm resolution not to commit the sin again, and as long as you have a firm resolution to avoid the near ocassion of sin, DURING THE CONFESSION, your confession WILL BE VALID and you will be forgiven. What happens after the confession doesnt invalidate the confession.
@@brothernimishcoelho I understand. My heart says "You will fall into temptation again, it's in your nature, just one last time" but I convince my mind "Not today, don't do it". Should I confess only when I have fully defeated temptation? I think it's my time to confess, because I'm in a state of depression due to guilt of offending God.
@@leoashura8086 So let's suppose you have watched the video and you still have a doubt. In the state of doubt whether you are sinning or not, you can be certain there is NO Mortal sin at least. Mortal sin requires FULL KNOWLEDGE. Watch 52:09. What you are to say to God (and mean it), before the absolution or while the priest is pronouncing the absolution, is the ACT OF CONTRITION: "O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because of thy just punishments, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin. Amen." We need only to have the firm resolution to avoid mortal sin/ocassion of mortal sin. Although it is better if we have the firm desire to avoid all sin. May God Bless your good intentions.
@leoashura8086Hello my friend. I think the best way to overcome a vice like that of lust is to confess regularly. Regular confession (always with the desire to not sin again) actually obtains graces for you to overcome sin. But, remember to put these three points into practice: 1. Pray every day, when you wake up and before going to bed, to Our Lady asking Her the strength to overcome this vice. And you can add three Hail Mary's. Also pray the Rosary DAILY for this same intention. 2. Never let a day pass with sin on your soul. If you fall, confess immediately. 3. If you seriously wish to give up sin, you also HAVE TO avoid any occasion of sin: person, place or thing. If internet, or a friend, are responsible for you to fall into sin, you have to avoid these as if they were venomous serpents. Without this, your resolutions will fall to the ground when faced with the temptation. And don't worry, as long as you desire to overcome sin, your confessions are valid. If you wait to defeat temptation to confess, you'll never be able to do it. It's like waiting to take a medicine after death. You have to keep confessing as long as you haven't given up on the vice. One last thing: CONFIDENCE! The devil wants you to think that the battle is impossible. If we give in to this temptation, we lose hope and then we are certain to fall. On the contrary, remember that for God, for Our Lady, everything is possible. So, be certain that with their help you'll be able to overcome the vice. I've personally known people who struggled with the vice for years and then suddenly overcame it with the help of prayer and confessions. Confidence! We're praying for you!
Thank you for covering this vital topic and the pitfalls one can fall into unless knowing these serious points of contrition for our Lord. When I hear 'absolve', I almost start crying ... to know He loves us even when we mess up, what a wonderful loving God.
Fathers is it fair to say or think that Since Jesus bore our sins on the cross that our sins were his wounds and own sorrow and thus He feels, felt and will feel all of our sins ? 🙏🏼❤️our confession and penance reparation / balsam to heal those wounds?
Good question, Ally. Indeed, Jesus would know all the sins that would be committed in the future, all the offenses that would be committed against Him, his holy mother, and against the Church. We know that Jesus died for us to atone for our sins, so that the gates of Heaven would be opened to us again, since they were closed after the Fall of Adam and Eve. This was His reason for coming to us and why He is called the Redeemer: He came to redeem us of our sins. And yes, our Confession and Penance soothe and comfort Him, for He is greatly offended by the sins of humans. We need only look back on the words of the three shepherd children of Fatima to be reminded of how greatly offended Our Lord is, and how we can ameliorate these offenses.
I'm new to your apostolate, viewing your videos. I attend a Latin Mass here in Texas. From my understanding, is that you guys are conservative in your theology but do the Norvus Ordo Mass if I understand that correct? Thus far I love your podcasts and short videos. Y'all are rock solid. God Bless.
A priest told me he would ONLY speak to me about a serious case if it were in Confession... I was a survivor of rape and having serious PTSD distress, I was seeking spiritual guidance and how to make peace with the abuser and the priest knows who it was but refused me to speak on the matter unless it were in Confession... I felt wronged to be in that situation and was well aware of the judgment upon me instead. After leaving that traumatic experience I ran to another parish to pray because I was seriously contemplating suicide because I did not see anyone there for me let alone God now because even the religious turn and said its all my fault , its my sins, and was firm that i could not ask specific questions about God neither...I felt abandoned even when what I was seeking was to follow Divine Mercy for my abuser from church and make a group in church on how to fight the spiritual battle of today especially for chastity and marriage. Instead I was condemned
I am so sorry for what happened to you. Keep close to Our Lady, the Mother of Christ, and our Lord, Jesus Christ. God will never leave you, nor forsake you. Even when human beings let you down, God will not. Find a much better parish, as soon as you can. These priests will bear a heavy judgment for not helping you in your need. Prayers for you! I pray that it gets better. And watch the really good content on TH-cam, like Fr. Chris Alar, of Divine Mercy. That's going to give you good spiritual direction until you find someone to talk to, okay?
Okay @@chefEmersonWilliams and may God bless you 70 x 7 fold! Thank you so much. I do not seek terrible judgment on those people but great restoration of our church. I choose to stay Catholic because Jesus is the only way and He gives all we need through His church. Thank you again so much! This truly will help me through this. You are a blessing
Hello! We're sorry to hear of all the pain you went through. Remember that Jesus and Mary are beside you in all your suffering. I would suggest that you say a prayer to Mary for nine days (a Hail Mary and a Memorare daily) asking for the grace to find a compassionate and good priest who can help you. Please pray for us and count on our prayers. God bless.
@@HeraldsoftheGospel_official oh! What a blessing to hear from you too! May God bless you abundantly! I will do this novena^^ trust and know your impact is already causing a ripple effect of blessings. Shalom dear family
MOTHER THERESA OF CALCUTTA: “In spite of our defects, God is in love with us, and keeps using you and me to be the light of love and compassion in the world. So give Jesus a big smile, and a big thank you!”
I just made my first confession at 48yrs old i hope remembered everything lord Jesus christ have mercy on me a sinner
Beautiful! God bless you!
Keep asking the Holy Spirit to illuminate them. You will remember things you may not have even realized were sins and you can confess them with a truly repentant heart. Even if you're not sure something is a sin, go, and tell your confessor what is burdening you. He will help. I heard something on a good YT channel that had to do with the validity of marriage. Long story short, it applied to my situation prior to my becoming a widow so I went to confession. My priest wasn't sure either but he absolved me and took it to a Canon Lawyer who basically backed me up. Even thought I became free when I became a widow, I had made a sacramentally invalid marriage and that had to be confessed. I didn't know it at the time but the fact remained.
I am a Catholic all my life made some confessions in my life but made the real one at 52 , it doesn't matter at what age you did it first time, God bless !
my last confession was at the start of covid.. I have huge problems in my life right now I know I need to go to confession but I lost faith in mass and in the eucharist. how can I confess if I m not willing nor believing in mass anymore. it's not like a magical switch suddenly I can have faith again. it's sad bc I m still drawn to watching catholic videos and interesting exorcists and preachers talk. but that s it..
I remember making my confession for the first time in twenty years a few years ago it was nerve wracking but worth it
I made an appointment to go to confession the day e for Ash Wednesday.
First time in 30 years.
I almost didn’t go due to fear and shame.
I heard God say this is exactly why you must go. The enemy wants to keep you away.
I just said ok I’m going in and went through the door and did it.
Thank you Jesus
It’s one of the reasons I hesitated to go but sometimes the priest notice it and helps to make it easier for me to “ unload “ my load of sins. I feel “lighter “ after I’m done cuz I want to be and die in grace 🙏🏼 and grow closer to my creator. May Lord guide us and gives his grace to be closer to him.
Salve Regina. Ave Maria. Pray for us
Sinners now and at hour of our death Amen.
Wonderful!
We need to go to confession because og God Wants us to go it's what he wa t, yes we can say to Him in the house where we live we are sorry or sorrow and ask forgiveness but He wants us to go to a priest for confession.
That's called a life confession. Keep confessing what comes to your mind.
Im a returning Catholic and confession has been a huge stumbling block for me. I need all the guidance I can learn.
Im so glad this sacrament will be discussed.
Im looking forward to watching.
Thank you
You are so welcome, Margaret! Once we realize the amount of grace poured out in the Sacrament of Confession, and how much it helps us in our daily spiritual lives, Confession becomes something that we are more comfortable with, and even come to love.
The first couple of times I went, it was the Sacrament of "Reconciliation" and you just talk in private to the priest and he won't ask for specifics but if you have them in your heart and are truly sorry, you can be absolved. It can be mortifying to enumerate specifically. That's why the Reconciliation method was devised. But I think it takes a priest who is good at pastoral counseling and who doesn't just speak in platitudes. It should lead you to want more restitution and eventually lead you into the traditional confessional. This is a form of spiritual warfare as well. If you can't get to an actual Mass everyday, try to watch a televised one. I have started doing that and I find it has helped tremendously. There are several on YT. If you can't find time to pray the Rosary every day, at least do an Our Father, 3 Hail Marys and the Glory Be. I sometimes add the St. Michael prayer.
@@tinalettierithere is only one sacrament of penance, AKA reconciliation AKA confession. Whether you are in a booth or just face to face anywhere it’s all the same sacrament, and it required kind and number to be valid. You have to be specific with the sin, but not with the details of the sin. So for an example you have to say if you watched p****graphy and how many times, but you don’t need to say what you watched specifically. There is no difference or such thing as a “reconciliation method” vs a “traditional confessional”. Reconciliation is just another name for the sacrament of penance
Our lady told Lucia of fatima your not going to saved without confession
@@lucidlocomotive2014 You can state the mortal sins you can remember and then tell the Priest that you want to make a general confession for any sins you might not remember and he will absolve you and give you a penance to do.
My sins are many , Lord have mercy, at your feet I lay me down. Help me never to fall into sin again as I surrender me to thee my Lord and Savior. Amen 🙏
Hello, Monica. We are all sinners and we trust in the mercy and love of Our Lord. We are praying for you; please pray for us also!
Go and and have a confession with a good priest
Come Holy Spirit, help me to always make a good confession!
@@annapaulineogrady9184 I say come Holy Spirit. You don't have to if you don't want to
@@annapaulineogrady9184 he can always increase His presence in us
@@annapaulineogrady9184That doesn't mean that the Holy Spirit won't come in our help if we pray to Him.
We receive The Holy Spirit when we are Baptized. Jn 3:5, Acts 22:16 Mortal sins committed after Baptism can cause The Holy Spirit to flee from us until we receive absolution from the Priest in Confession. The Priest is In Persona Christi when enacting Gods Sacraments. That’s why Jesus Christ instituted The Sacrament of Confession. 2 Cor 5:18-20, Jn 20:21-23, Mt 18:17-18
She is our spiritual mother, and have supernatural abidement with us, more so,to those who are devoted to her, because God allowed that her personality.
For years I have been confessing the SAME SINS because I kept REPEATING the falling to temptation of the same sin of the flesh until the grace of God took place in my soul and finally the real realization came and I have undergone TRUE REPENTANCE. Thanks to Mary Most Chase intervention.And that took place when I began the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart First Friday Mass and First Saturday Mass devotion of which One Condition is a monthly confession which I practiced for many years. And one day when the devil tries to tempt me in my sleep, I was able to resist as my mind would immediately turns to Mary.Thank you for this podcast that it may help people who faces the same temptation over and over again. Sin hurt Jesus and Mary. And if we love someone (God and men) we don’t want to hurt them continually for in the process we hurt ourselves is all I can add.
Beautiful! First Friday and First Saturday devotions are very powerful, and very important. God bless you!
So beautiful!!!
Once I heard a priest say in a homily about confession to say, "Judge me, O Lord, and let me not deceive myself" and to this day I always say the prayer before every examination and confession. It is very powerful, and I recommend it to others as well.
Beautiful prayer!
Its not that I have sorrow for my sins, but sometimes, after absolution, I am so grateful to God for this, that I cry. He still accepts me. I'm getting closer, I think. It has helped me to ask the Holy Spirit beforehand, for help in seeing how my sins offend God.
Yes... Sometimes we don't know how to have sorrow, so we can ask the Holy Spirit to grant us that sorrow, and the best way to gain the Holy Spirits favour is to ask His Spouse, Mary. Just the fact of asking for sorrow, is a sign that we have sorrow. We mentioned that in the video (17:44 onwards)
Don't let this sorrow for offending God to receive forgiveness teaching torment you. It is not accurate. All you need for forgiveness of any sin, mortal or not, is imperfect contrition. That is a fear of going to hell. So if you confess your sin with a disposition to not do the sin anymore you will be forgiven. You need either perfect or imperfect contrition to receive forgiveness of mortal sins as taught in the Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraphs 1451-1453. Either type of contrition suffices. So confess your sins and know that God is faithful and will forgive you.
@@sdmascar8905 It is true that we did not use the words imperfect contrition/perfect contrition, but that doesn't make what we said inaccurate. What is is imperfect contrition if not a supernatural sorrow? Although we don't have to cry to have sorrow, we must be sorry in our heart i.e. sincerely.
And yes, it is important to stress on perfect contrition although it is not necessary for the absolution to be valid. A perfect contrition can put you in the state of grace because it arises out of Charity towards God and this gives the person a disposition to confess if possible.
If we aim for a merely imperfect contrition, then we should not expect much progress in our spiritual life, and the probabilty of the person drifting away from confession is much higher, and could eventually lead to.... rather not say the word.
@@brothernimishcoelho amen i agree with you.
It’s easy to condemn people but we condemn ourselves . The Lord is always waiting to forgive and His mercy is huge for our sakes
This is a crucial lenten talk that I can definitely benefit from!! Dear Lady spare me from errors during confession !!😢🌹📿✝️🙏
Lord not lady
What a wonderful podcast; helping us to confess with LOVE and true contrition ... especially enjoyed the explanation of the joy a priest feels when someone confesses a serious sin ... not because of the sin, but because he participates in Our Lord's joy at absolving it
For almost twenty years I harbored a mortal sin in my conscience. Listening to this podcast gave me the courage to confess it to my priest. Glory to God!
Hello Barbara. Beautiful! Let us look at the grace offered in the Sacrament of Penance/Confession, be humble, and go before God with our sins. Glory to God indeed!
Thank you for this wonderful podcast on Confession and for Fr.Micheals priestly blessings..
SALVE MARIA! A truly transformational podcast! Thank you so very much for this podcast! All the stories of the Saints, Juan Bosco and the French Revolution priest! Truly, truly helpful. The Heralds of the Gospel are really helping all humanity. May OUR LADY surround us with her mantle of PROTECTION and LOVE and defend us against all evil! Amen!
Salve Maria, Isabel! You are very welcome; happy to have you join us.
I used to think for 5? 6? Years now... That you only have to do confession when you only do mortal sins. Aka killing someone/committed abortion...
It didn't occur to me that your confession should always have to be from the heart. That you are truly sorry. That is why you're confessing it.
If you do not even feel sorry it's not authentic.
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Thanks you Fathers
You are so welcome.
Not just you, but I am told by many priest said that.
I’ve heard a good purpose of amendment for venial sin could be: I hate this venial sin, I commit it way too much and am going to try to really cut down the number”
What GRACE to hear this and may OUR LADY HELP Me in my RELATION to JESUS
Thank you Heralds of the Gospel for this important teaching! I would love to share it with the members of my family. Little knowledge about our faith is really dangerous.
Thank you for discussing confession. I have learned more about confession than I knew before.
Salve Maria!
Beautifully explained the 3 stumbling blocks.
May all of us have a blessed confession
Salve Maria!
So you are saying if we prayed to Mary we are protected !!!! Best gift ever to know that to reach out to her while being tempted!!!
Such a beautiful podcast. God bless you all
God bless you too, Annabelle!
Great discussion on confession. There is so much to learn in the Catholic faith and even while rummaging around as a faithful Catholic one may or may never stumble across such valuable information. It is a sacrament that needs to be practiced in order to get better at it over time.
POPE BENEDICT XVI: “People should not fear God, thinking he is always ready to punish, but rather they should love him because he is always ready to forgive.
God is not a relentless sovereign who condemns the guilty, but a loving father whom we must love not out of fear of punishment, but because of his goodness.
The Lord is a God who is just, but always ready to reveal himself as merciful and compassionate.
God loves us in a way that we might call ‘obstinate’ and enfolds us in his inexhaustible tenderness. The anger and mercy of the Lord alternate in a dramatic sequence, but love triumphs in the end, for God is love.”
“God’s passionate love for his people - for humanity - is at the same time a forgiving love. It is so great that it turns God against himself, his love against his justice.”
True, we should not fear God, but we should have fear of offending Him. God bless you!
@@HeraldsoftheGospel_officialNo priest should ever say we have anything to fear reagarding our relation with God.
Not fear in the meaning of dread but a fear of loss of God's merciful grace and strength , 0:02 direction.
You guy are very humorous when dropping this very serious soul saving wisdom bless and may the Lord always gift vocations in you order
Thank you for your prayers, and may God bless you!
Would love a talk live like consecration where we can ask you Father questions about confession and how to gain even more understanding GREAT TALK WE LOVE HERALDS AND DO NEED TO GO THROUGH MARY AND TRUST
Thank- you for this video on confession to help me use confession more correctly, and hopefully become better!
You are very welcome, Kathleen.
💙🙏🏻💙🙏🏾💙 Praying the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary moves me to uncontrolable weeping sometimes. .. sometimes for my sins but sometimes for sins of the world Prayers from the heart are heard by God .
Amazing! Many answers to many questions I had. We never have enough when you explain and lead us on the right path to Jesus.thank you Salvé Maria 🙏🏻
Salve Maria! You are so welcome.
Salve María-
I have listened in to your Guatemala and El Salvador videos/talks. I was not aware the Heraldos had these videos/talks in the English language. 🙌
I will be sharing these podcasts with a friend. I thank God I came across your video today. God bless you all - thank you. Very interesting and good for us to learn from such topics. Watching you from San Antonio, Texas
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Supernatural sorrow is nothing that I as a broken man can never achieve. The best I can give is my own natural sorrow for my sins having offended God and place my trust that the Lord elevates my sorrow to a supernatural level.
You are absolutely right. To have supernatural sorrow is already an effect of grace. Even making a sign of the cross with devotion is impossible without the grace of God.
But what Fr. Michael is talking about is that you should have faith based motives to be sorry. Even the fear of Hell is a faith based motive (and we call that imperfect contrition, but even imperfect contrition is a faith-based/supernatural sorrow)
Please watcht the whole video if you didn't. Doubts like these arise when you just watch random parts of the video or pay attention only to some frases.
The last confession I gave before my disability , I decided to do a face to face confession. The priest was very holy, he was the presider of the Latin mass. I don’t know why, but I started crying and it was very profound,.
I got a huge grace related to direction I thank you Fathers !!!! It’s an immense grace pray it comes to fruition I share because of the power of Out Lady your vocations and the amazing gifts you share knowledge
Hello, Mary! You are very welcome; so happy to have you join us here and to know that you are enjoying our videos. We are praying for you; please pray for us too!
Thank you fathers, this is awesome!
I came back to the Church after a long detour into Evangelical Christianity about two years ago. I knew I had to make Confession. I'm not in the US but I went to my local Church and asked for a priest. They are Carmelites, btw. Father took me into a room and we sat and talked about my journey. He told me I did not have to enumerate my sins but just be truly sorry in my heart because God knows what I did and what I repent of. Then he absolved me. Once I started going to Sat. evening Mass, I saw that traditional confession is available and as I have recalled things I've done, I have confessed them in private and specifically. I am pre-Vatican 2 and this just felt better to me. I'm still not 100% sure I was absolved of all the things that were on my heart that first time even tho I know I was truly sorry for them, some as a child when I didn't know they were mortal sins.
Yes, if you absolved in subsequent confessions then you are absolved of all past sins including those you've forgetten. God's mercy is rich and overflowing. He knows you had a contrite heart, with purpose of amending your life.
Also, we are to avoid ‘Scrupolosity’, where we can be morbidly over concerned with details that a confession wasn’t ‘perfect enough’- were told this is a trap that the enemy uses to cause us to focused on him, and not on Our Lord Jesus. Try to make the best, most honest confession you can, hold none of your responsibility in those sins back, and give them to God-
You meant evangelical protestantism
Happy for you to have made the journey back to the Church. If you confessed your sins, were truly sorry, and given Absolution, then you can be certain that your sins are gone and forgiven. God bless you!
I think that going specific is very good and important but we should know what type of sin it is so we don't repeted. It's not being too scripolous. It's a way one keeps ourselves on check. ie. We overreact and Say hash words. That's fifth commendment and also capital sins of pridefulness and anger and also related to not following act of Mercy as lovingly correct and forgive someone, all for the Glory of God and love of fellow men.
I go to confession but the confessor also needs to be merciful, kind and loving, not slam his head back against the wall, roll his eyes and act like he’s having a seizure, not try to publicly shame you at the pulpit and belittle you, oh and then spread rumors to every priest in the neighborhood! Now I have a very hard time in the confessional, I am terrified my confessions are not confidential. God Bless!💕🙏😂
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Hello Katie! What you refer to is something so rare among Catholic priests that I wouldn't worry about it repeating. Try to find another priest in a neighboring Parish. If you wish, ask your friends to recommend one who's good at attending confessions. Count on our prayers!
The flying monkeys in the neighboring parishes have listened to his garbage and they aren’t much better. I keep praying for a really good confessor who understands the wiles of spiritual warfare and the Lord working to sanctify a soul. One can never know what the Lord is doing in a soul that’s why we can never judge. This particular person was gunning for me the moment he arrived at the Parrish. I felt it was a most demonic attack. He has zero clues about warfare. A nightmare scenario. I will keep praying, however, the Lord sees everything. I will keep praying. Thanks a bunch! 💕🙏😇
I am absolutely SHOCKED that any priest would do this! I have had a problem with priests assuaging me about my sins not being serious enough for confession!
I was totally stunned. I have NEVER had that happen before. I was at Adoration one day just talking my head off to the Lord about it, I was sssoo upset and I was going to go off on the person but the clearly said “ I will deal with them.” So I left it alone. I don’t care how tiny the venial sin is go to confession anyway. I saw a video the other day about St. Theresa of Avila and what she saw in hell. She saw people falling in hell like snowflakes and she told the Lord “surely these are unbelievers” He told her no, they were people who made poor confessions or didn’t think they sinned enough to go to confession. She had many mystical experiences with Jesus. When He told her that I was stunned. This video was good because people don’t take confession serious enough and we do have to have a serious mind about repentance and extreme sorrow. You can probably find the video on TH-cam. What St. Theresa of Avila saw in hell. God Bless! Enjoyed the chat. 💕🙏😇
….always be compassionate in confession fathers….be like your Heavenly Father and not like the Devil who condemns..
Hello. Absolutely! You will find tremendous compassion in Confession...Jesus, full of mercy and forgiveness, awaits us there.
@@HeraldsoftheGospel_officialjudgment is actually not of God but of the ego (what you might call “the devil”). I see that as that which creates the illusory sense of separation between a person and God. But unlike “the ego/devil”, God doesn’t judge because He doesn’t condemn. Only that which lives in a state of separation from “wholeness/Holiness” judges and attacks. God has already forgiven you because that is God’s essence, His whole “nature.” Having said that, God doesn’t need our confession because he has given us all His love and mercy unto us BEFORE we come to Him. It is complete outside of time. God is not “of time”. He doesn’t need confession, but we do!!!!! Why would perfect love condemn? Perfect love has no opposite and therefore cannot judge. It is flawless and perfect within itself. God only loves. God is love. I think this is forgotten (or perhaps avoided?) by many Catholics and many priests who do things ritualistically and intellectually rather than through a deeper heart-felt & metaphysical understanding of true God-nature.
I am a sinner. I have to believe in our Lord's mercy. I can't believe have to flog myself over my sins. I fully recognize I have offended my God.
I have sorrow for what I have done and what I failed to do. I just beg my Lord for his mercy.
In the Orthodox Church we also go to confession ☦️💒
Do you have Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament?
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I always get home and think that I could've made a better confession, or I left something or some things out. It's hard for me to get to communion. I never think I'm worthy to go.
Hello. We must believe that we are worthy of Communion, especially after going to Confession! When you go to Confession, you can simply tell the priest that you are sorry for ALL of your sins, even the ones you forget. It is so important to receive Communion, for it is the Bread of Life. When we seriously contemplate receiving Communion, who of us is worthy? But...Jesus left us with this gift of Himself, and told us how important it is to receive Him. The Church makes it possible for us to receive Him as often as possible...even every day, or even twice a day. Jesus has made it possible for you to be worthy to receive Him, even though we are not worthy. Please go to Communion! God bless you!
@@HeraldsoftheGospel_official OK. Thank you for your advice.
Write down your list of sins as they are happening and take it to confession
@@peaceandlove544yes this is a great idea and this is what I do. I take time to reflect prior and then I take the list and read through it so I don’t forget anything. I search my mind and my heart going back even to my childhood for even small sins that have remained dormant but that need offering and release. I think being diligent and disciplined in this, is part of approaching confession in a holy way. Being “whole” in our approach: reflection, sorrow, meditation on our sins, having contrition, and being willing to let them go : the surrender; all of this is important in the lead up and preparation for confession. Finally, and this is something that priests won’t talk about but which I feel is important, is that if we do genuinely forget a sin, don’t feel guilty and beat yourself up. Guilt is not of God, it belongs to the ego. Be kind to yourself. Be loving. And just have willingness to return to it at your next confession and do better next time. I feel that this sincerity and heartfelt sense of true sorrow - but not in a depressive way but in a knowing way and a self-aware and loving way - is more important than anything. God has already forgiven you, he “gives be’fore” you’ve even confessed. What is important is that you recognise this and still ask for forgiveness. The asking is a reflection of even the slightest willingness and self-awareness and that’s what counts. The Holy Spirit responds to even your slightest and littlest willingness.
Salve Maria Father Michael and dear Heralds, Some years ago, I kept confessing something wrongly, then on the Feast of Saint Michael I went to confession and while standing in line, I was praying to remember anything that I need it to confess, then I heard the name of the sin clearly in my head! I went in confession and I named it correctly. Thank you Saint Michael the Archangel! QUESTION, what happened with my confessions before that one? I do not remember what did I confess and when previously. Is there anything I have to do? Thank you!
From what you say it seems you have a good desire to confess well. You can pose this problem to the priest in confession and ask him what to do.
But nothing to worry about, trust in Our Lady, ask her for the grace to resolve this issue in the best way possible, and She will protect you. We must trust Her. She wants to resolve this problem more than you and She will find a way.
Salve Maria, Daniel! If you have confessed your sins, and all those that you remember, had sorrow for your sins, received absolution and did the penance which the priest gave you, then you are absolved of those sins! God bless you!
No matter how much we scourge our conscience looking for any forgotten sins, some of them might slip our vigilance and not get confessed. I think that unless they are mortal we can't remember all of our daily trespasses. Sometimes we don't even realize we've commited a sin! 😢😢😢
Thank you Fathers for advising us regarding confession especially the three mistakes. Just love that Jesus is in the confession to hear and give us absolution through the Priests. Priests are protected by Mother Mary. Holy Mary Mother of be God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, Amen. ❤❤❤❤.
Thank you Father Michael and Heralds of the Gospel. Salve Maria ❤
I cant wait to watch it THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR VIDEOS. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THEM ALL .👍
You are so welcome, Michaela!
Thank you lord for this blessed day 🙏🏾🙏🏾💒💒❤️👏father thank you that is very helpful teaching God bless all
You are so welcome, and may God bless you too!
Just wanted to put this out here. I just felt so giddy and so much love when I read 'Mary Our Queen'.
At one time I was using confession to sin. I was graced by Jesus and only Jesus & I spoke of it. I usually cry when I go to confession. I can't help it. I made the priest uncomfortable at times. It was deep. Because Jesus died brutally for me. I meditate on his passion death crucifixion but I still sin. The closer I get to Jesus the easier I cry when I sin. It is natural for me. Meditating on his life passion crucifixion death is heart wrenching.
I cannot begin to thank you Frs. for taking time and so much care to educate us about this most delicate yet so vital a matter for our salvation!
Salve Maria, my sweet guardian angel, guard me from falling into any sin deliberately, venial or mortal, and guide me to make a heartfelt contrite confession whenever I commit a sin!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Salve Maria, Charmaine! You are very welcome.
May Mary of the Light help me to make a good confession. Amen
One of the promises of our lady who have devotion to Her 7 sorrows is true contrition for our sins. So if you struggle with contrition develop a devotion to our lady of sorrows. Also She promises that She will illuminate our conscious. I’ve personally experienced this so I encourage ALL to turn to Our Lady of Sorrows during this Lent
I just started the seven sorrows rosary regimen to determine how to do a more sincere confession and to be aware of my most important defect. There have been many tears and I’m only on day 2🙏
@@ladypeppercar5197oh this is interesting. I will look into Our Lady of Sorrows.
Can i continue to pray and seek mercy, even being unable to get to a priest and other obstacles( hearing impared, distance to church, transportation,not all agreeable, little conflicted urgency +more scheduling stress -- to put it in a brief nutshell.
Need also to ask about distraction of sinful thoughts adding to regret not a simple thing.
Very hard to live peacefully, if you understand.
Praying and fast should make peace of Jesus clear, some what. I know it takes time, but still a struggle
Hello! Yes, it is very important to persevere in prayer. If you are unable to reach the Sacraments, there might be some way to do so. Perhaps, a friend or a relative could help you and bring a priest to visit you. If you are unable to confess you should always make an act of contrition asking pardon from God for having offended Him, and resolving never to sin again.
As for "sinful thoughts", to have a thought or an image in our mind is not a sin at all. It would be a sin if we provoke it by exposing ourselves to things or persons that lead to us having these thoughts, or if we consent to the thoughts and take pleasure in them. That is why it is important to pray immediately and distract yourself with something else.
I think, more than anything else, the devil wants to make you lose your peace by suggesting all these things. Pray, and confide in God. If you fall, ask pardon, and try to confess. Peace of soul is imperative. Sin is often a fruit of losing our peace. God bless, and count on our prayers!
I dont cry. I'm more annoyed at myself for when I screw up. I hate sinning and disappointing our Lord. Especially the same crap over and over. I go to confession 2 to 3 times a month. I try to pray as much as I can. I'm up to 3 rosaries a day and a 7 sorrows and the 12 year st. Bridget bleeding prayer
Thank you Fr Michael Br.John and Br.Vincent really this talk is going to help each and everyone.
Salve Maria FATHER Michael.
I have profound sorrow and horror of my sins for having offended God who is only good to us. The consequences of my sin are great such that I cannot know or understand, yet God has shown me how my sins have caught fire in the world. I love God very much and I desire to be Holy for His sake, and to do penance for the insults and blasphemies to Jesus and Mary by poor sinners who do not know what they do.
Thank you for having the notify me reminder button. I don't want to miss this one . I know it will help me. Thank you
You are very welcome, Kelly; happy to have you join us.
God help us to make good confession, it’s hard sometimes when we fall we try to go immediately and may struggle for a long while to overcome vice is there a prayer to expedite this grace ? God bless all Heralds for the greatest teaching available frank , open
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God bless you too, Mary! We are praying for you.
I went to confession yesterday. I have a very hard time with confession. I usually pray on it for maybe months in advance or even days in advance. Listening to you I know I have to let the priest know that I forget. My memory is really bad. It’s gotten worse. I need the priest to help me with the prayers and the order . Thank you so much for helping with us.
I had a priest tell me that I could write down my sins to help me remember...but warning because of seal of confession he said take the paper I wrote it on and burn it so we don't break the seal of confession. Which means as soon as you finish confession and do your penenace when you get home burn that paper. Hope that helps. Ask your priest for guidance on that.
Work on learning the prayers for lent❤
Thank you Fr. and Brs.
Looking fwd.
Salve Maria!
Salve Maria, Zenita! You are very welcome; happy to have you join us.
What a wonderful and helpful video. Thank you so much Fathers.
You are most welcome, Francis.
ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: : “The love of Christ is more powerful than sin and death. St. Paul explains that Christ came to forgive sin and that his love is greater than any sin, stronger than all my personal sins or those of anyone else. This is the faith of the Church. This is the Good News of God’s love that the Church proclaims throughout history and that I proclaim to you today: God loves you with an everlasting love. He loves you in Christ Jesus, his Son.”
Hello. Yes, and with an expectation that we live our lives in accordance with His Commandments and directives. God bless you!
I do cry when I confess for my sins and have offended my Jesus and God, my father. I'm crying now as I write this because my sin is in my flesh but my heart is truly sorrowful I love God with all my spirit, heart, mind, and strength.
I have had bad experiences with Priest in confession. One accused me of going to a heretical church (SSPX) which was incorrect. Then another priest telling me my experience was not supernatural. I went along with this for a long while and then realized he may or may not have been correct.
I was taught by St.Padre Pio and Jesus Himself how to make a good Confession with Humility . So , I ask God Holy Spirit , Our Blessed Mother Mary and my Guardian Angel to help me make a Good Confession,and They give me the strength and courage to be truthful in Humility to tell my sins to the Priest and to Jesus , Who is present in that Holy Sacrament . Thanks be to God , Salve Maria !
Salve Maria, Yvette!
Thank you Fr! These 3 errors in confession and the remedies with the help of Our Queen Mother will not only help me but also for me to teach the CCE students.
You are very welcome.
I love your videos, and the timeliness of them are often uncanny.
I generally love going to confession. I do complete a checklist; a thorough self examination of conscience, and I try to go to confession every 2-6 weeks.
Something very unusual happened to me in the confessional this past week. I don’t recall this ever happening to me as an adult. I’m over 50; I have gotten over nearly any bashfulness regarding confession with our priests.
However, this happened on Saturday afternoon, during my most recent confession I had a massive urge to lie in the confessional. I didn’t give in to the urge, I gave an honest confession.
But why? I didn’t have anything earthshaking to confess, my life is fairly boring, confessions are just about as exciting.
My question: (I don’t understand why I didn’t bring this up in the confessional.) Should an immediate urge to lie during confession, even when the urge is ignored/suppressed, become part of the confession as well? Is it a sin if the urge is resisted… and if so, is that venial or mortal?
I guess I had always thought that the confessional would be a place of protection against the evil one.
May God bless you for your sacrifices and service to Him, and to us Catholics. Thank you and blessed Lent.
Hello Ali. You were tempted, and you overcame that temptation! Good for you! Sometimes we are tempted to hide our sins because of the strong urge not to reveal our true selves to other humans, out of desire for human respect. Even when the priest cannot see us or does not know our voices, we can find ourselves in that situation. The most important thing is that you resisted that temptation and made an honest confession. The evil one does not want us to confess our sins, because when we make a good Confession, we receive huge graces and strength to resist his tricks and snares. God bless you too!
Every night before I sleep I thank God for all the benefits and blessings that I received, then I ask God for forgiveness of all my sins, then I recite the prayer of penance that the Priest impose on me after my last Confession. My Confessor told me to unite my prayer of Penance to the intention of our Lady of Sorrows on Calvary, so that I may receive the grace to sorrow for my sins and the grace to abhor sin, to avoid sin, and the near occasion of sin.
Amen🙏💗. Thank you Reverend Fathers 💗🌹.
You are so welcome!
Just Pray from your heart you will see the change.
Indeed, let us pray more!
Thank you Brothers another Supreme podcast talk looking forward to the next one! God Bless 😊 Salve Mother Mary
Salve Maria, Lloyd! You are so very welcome.
This is my order! Wow i didnt knew you guys would spread even to english speaking countries
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We do not go to hell on a technicality! We go to hell by rejecting Christ .
Exactly. I cant believe this nitpicking legalist talk. Our whole life is taken into account, not a few unintentional errors in confession. This is scrupulousity
Check out John Chapter 20 verses 21-23. Jesus appeared to the Apostles after having risen and He then breathed on them and said “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive men’s sins they are forgiven them. If you hold them bound, they are held bound”
The salvation of each individual soul depends on God's perfect wisdom. We were only trying to help Catholics seeking perfection to find out how to confess better. (Besides, an unintentional error is never a fault, but not all errors in confession are unintentional. For instance, hiding a mortal sin is perfectly intentional, and indeed a sacrilegious mockery of the Sacrament of confession. Also, if the intention of abandoning sin is not present, then confession is not even valid since the person is not repentant for what he did. No one can be repentant of attempted murder if he still wishes to kill the person at the first opportunity. These are not unintentional.)
Many thought they did not reject Christ, even priests, but He said that He never knew them. They did not enter, despite their pleas. Few there are....
@@johnf2023 that's because they were religious and not Christian
Awesome guys TY
More more Power to you and to your Chanel
Thank you! We are praying for you.
Lovely video guys! Very helpful for me and I would think those watching! 👍Abundant Blessings on your ministry!🌻💚
Thank you, and may God bless you!
Salve Maria Thanks Fr.Michael and the Brothers for this podcast especially on confession
Salve Maria! You are so very welcome.
Very very good and honest advice.❤❤❤
Its true as long as we confess with repentance. With heart and soul. God will forgive. As the priest say strive to please God at all cost.
These people may cause some people to fall into despair. They completely ignore perfect and imperfect contrition. Even if you only have imperfect contrition--it is "good enough".
@brackguthrie9470 It is a pity that you did not even take the trouble to watch the video before calumniating... If you had watched at least the first 5 minutes, you would have seen that Fr. Michael explains very clearly that fear of hell and other similar motives (imperfect contrition) is sufficient for a valid confession.
We truly hope that you made this comment out of ignorance and did not make a false accusation on purpose. We'll pray for you.
@@HeraldsoftheGospel_official Quite thin-skinned aren't you. The idea that you should cry during confession is preposterous. The underlying spirit of the video does not support the idea that imperfect contrition is sufficient. Also, in your treatment of desire not to repeat a serious sin, you do not bring up actual culpability for serious offenses such that a person's ability to avoid future occasion of sin may be affected by personality traits, past abuse, or addiction. Overall, I do not think this presentation serves to bring people to the confessional. Perhaps you could pay closer attention to your pastoral approach.
@brackguthrie9470 Brack, please take time to watch the video. It's useless arguing unless you do so. Once again, you show that you did not watch with your own words: "The idea that you should cry during confession is preposterous".
I understand that you don't have time to watch this video with attention. But then, how did you find time to make so many rash comments?
If you watch this video you will learn that there is more to confession than imperfect contrition... I invite you to open your horizons.
No need to despair. We stress on confidence in Our Lady and simplicity in confession.
We never said you have to cry to be contrite. We said just the opposite.
Everyone talks about imperfect and perfect contrition. But very few mention that sorrow must be for supernatural motive, even if contrition is imperfect, it MUST be for MOTIVES based on faith (fear of hell is one of them). But it cannot be for natural motives (e.g. because my sins cause mental disorders)
Once again Brack. Watch the video, and please correct your rash objections.
@@brackguthrie9470i think he meant your soul "cry" you don't have to actually cry
If you ask for absolution for these sins and the sins of my life, you ARE absolved.
Thank you so much for your videos, especially this one regarding the Sacrament of Penance/Confession/Reconciliation.
It is so very helpful.
Also,
It should be clarified that:
* It is Immediate Excommunication for any Priest who would break the seal of confession.
You are most welcome, Carol. May God bless you.
Amen Jesus Lord
I finally went to confession at Pentecost after a year. I spent many many many hours preparing and writing them down but it got to the point where I was thinking and ruminating all the time about the sins and writing everything down so I made myself stop and went to confession a few days later. Then I remembered I purposely didn’t write down these sins because I was trying to stop the compulsive rumination so now I’m doubtful about my confession. I just wish this was easier for me
Hello. A good Confession occurs when we take to the Sacrament all of those things which are sinful in our lives. When we hold back on those sins, whether out of fear or embarrassment, we deprive ourselves of the multitude of graces that Our Lord will grant us in that humility, fear and humiliation of admitting our faults. There are healing graces in the Sacrament of Confession, and even though we find it difficult through the fear of bringing all of this to light, that is where the healing takes place. Light drives away darkness and fear! God bless you; we are praying for you.
Thank you Father for the clarification! Salve Maria and Viva Christo Rey!✝️🕊️🙏❤️
Salve Maria, Maria! You are most welcome.
Thank you so very much for this valuable teaching. So rare to find.
God bless you abundantly.
You are most welcome, and may God bless you too!
I don't want to sin until it comes before me. If I really believed in God, then I'd labour to avoid the sins perfectly and sometimes He has enabled me to be successful, but often enough I fail and fly into sin as I have no care or faith in God. So, then I doubt my efforts and become discouraged. How can I pray or go to confession when this merry-go-round of sinning, confessing, and sinning again repeats itself?
With perseverance and confidence! "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!" When we fall, we get back up; giving up is not an option. God bless you!
Such an excellent talk!
Thank you very much Fr. Michael and Brs. John and Vincent.
May Our Lady continue to use you as beacons of hope and light in our troubled world.
Salve Maria!
Salve Maria, Zenita! You are so very welcome, and may God bless you!
So, failing to avoid the near occasions of sin despite not having fallen back into the particular sin still invalidates my confession? Coming from someone who struggles extremely with scrupulosity the only thought going through my mind is that all of my confessions up to this point have been invalid. Someone please help …
IF YOU TRULY ARE SCRUPULOUS, THEN YOU SHOULD WATCH/LISTEN TO THE WHOLE PODCAST WITH ATTENTION!!! If you watch the full video you will understand that it doesn't invalidate the confession, and you will also get some tips on how get over scruples. Watch 47:48 onwards. As long as you have the firm resolution not to commit the sin again, and as long as you have a firm resolution to avoid the near ocassion of sin, DURING THE CONFESSION, your confession WILL BE VALID and you will be forgiven. What happens after the confession doesnt invalidate the confession.
@jcab3424
I'm almost certain all your confessions were valid, so stay calm. If you sincerely wish to overcome sin, and confess for that, then you're on the right track.
As for occasions of sin, you have to understand what a near occasion of sin means. A "near occasion" depends on certain circumstances. For instance, for some people, the simple use of internet may be a near occasion of sin. For others, it is not at all. Then again, there are certain circumstances that are occasions of sin for almost all humans, but it may not be a near occasion, if the person is obliged to it by his profession. (For example: doctors.) Now, if a person knows that a certain situation has already led him to fall several times into the same sin, then for that person this is a near occasion, even if it might not be for others. So, if that is the case, we should avoid this at all cost, even if it means some loss, like that of a friend or that of our social relationships.
I know a priest who was obliged to once tell a man that he had to completely give up on the use of internet if he wanted to save his soul. Of course, this was an extreme case. For most people, certain blocks are enough to keep the person from sin.
In any case, if you have the intention of not sinning again, and of avoiding the occasion if that's the only way to not fall into sin, then your confessions are valid. The question you put is about something else. It's the same as asking what happens if we fall into the same sin after Confession (because no one can sin without an occasion for it). Well, that's precisely what we have confession for. We have to confess as many times as it is necessary to overcome our sins.
There is no need for scrupulosity. Scruples are a lack of confidence in God's mercy. God did not give us the Sacrament of Confession to condemn us, but because He wants to save us. Scruples arise because we want to practice virtue to feel that we can prove our worth to God. We should actually practice virtue to please God, and God alone. To recognize our miseries and humble ourselves for them is actually a good reason to grow in confidence in God.
I would recommend to pray a lot to Our Lady, especially the Rosary, to overcome sin and scruples. Leave the rest to her. I also have a superb book recommendation: the Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux. It will change your life, I promise.
One last thing: CONFIDENCE! Remember that for God, for Our Lady, everything is possible. We're praying for you!
Salve Maria, Thank you brothers this was very enlightening!
Salve Maria, Janie! You are so welcome.
I had last rites about 2 months ago. I wonder when it changed in the church for a priest not to wear a stole? When did they stop anointing the feet in the last rites?
I'd really like to have these questions answered.
God blesses us all every moment...💙✨🙏✨☮️🥀📿
Hello. Priests still use the stole, though some might have dropped the practice. The stole should only be used by Bishops, priests, or Deacons, and only at the moments when they specifically exercise their ministry, like when they administer the Sacraments, or take the Blessed Sacrament in hands. The use of the stole does not affect the validity of the Sacrament.
As for the anointing of the sick, the Church still uses the rite of anointing organs of the body that symbolically correspond to the five senses, as well as the feet. This may be dispensed and a shorter rite (for instance, anointing only the forehead) may be used for reasons of brevity, necessity (medical conditions) or modesty (especially in the case of women). This does not affect the validity of the Sacrament. The Church expressly permitted this.
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True absolute contrition is a grace. For most people it comes in gradients. I was taught that a sorrow based on a just fear of hell along with a firm purpose of amendment is sufficient at first.
Fear of the Lord is, after all, the beginning of all wisdom. We just can’t stay there or become presumptuous. We have to grow in love and thus our understanding of the damage we did will be revealed to us and then true sorrow born from love is formed.
And it grows.
Remember so many people are so thoroughly brainwashed by modernism that they don’t know which way is up. God have mercy on us all!
So I pray for a fear of God for people. People don’t even have that anymore.
And that’s where is starts. It starts with fear of God. Fear of hell. A horror for the sin. It’s the first grace. Then God in his tender compassion comes with his light and tells us to fear not but to trust in his grace, and he unchains us from the snares that have captured our minds. And when we finally see, we are compelled love, to weep for our sins and ingratitude.
And after that Love compels us on to the next levels, knowing it’s always his grace.
That’s been my experience.
This is PERFECT. Thank you!
I am going to do a general confession, but I still struggle by the sin of lust and I see myself falling into it, I don't want to do it, but I tend to fall. But you're saying my forgiveness is invalid, because I know I will fail, and I have to confess with the mindset of I know I won't sin again. Then I most likely never be forgiven.
If you watch the full video you will understand that it doesn't invalidate the confession. Watch 47:48 onwards. As long as you have the firm resolution not to commit the sin again, and as long as you have a firm resolution to avoid the near ocassion of sin, DURING THE CONFESSION, your confession WILL BE VALID and you will be forgiven. What happens after the confession doesnt invalidate the confession.
@@brothernimishcoelho I understand. My heart says "You will fall into temptation again, it's in your nature, just one last time" but I convince my mind "Not today, don't do it". Should I confess only when I have fully defeated temptation? I think it's my time to confess, because I'm in a state of depression due to guilt of offending God.
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So let's suppose you have watched the video and you still have a doubt. In the state of doubt whether you are sinning or not, you can be certain there is NO Mortal sin at least. Mortal sin requires FULL KNOWLEDGE. Watch 52:09.
What you are to say to God (and mean it), before the absolution or while the priest is pronouncing the absolution, is the ACT OF CONTRITION:
"O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because of thy just punishments, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin. Amen."
We need only to have the firm resolution to avoid mortal sin/ocassion of mortal sin. Although it is better if we have the firm desire to avoid all sin.
May God Bless your good intentions.
@leoashura8086Hello my friend. I think the best way to overcome a vice like that of lust is to confess regularly. Regular confession (always with the desire to not sin again) actually obtains graces for you to overcome sin. But, remember to put these three points into practice:
1. Pray every day, when you wake up and before going to bed, to Our Lady asking Her the strength to overcome this vice. And you can add three Hail Mary's. Also pray the Rosary DAILY for this same intention.
2. Never let a day pass with sin on your soul. If you fall, confess immediately.
3. If you seriously wish to give up sin, you also HAVE TO avoid any occasion of sin: person, place or thing. If internet, or a friend, are responsible for you to fall into sin, you have to avoid these as if they were venomous serpents. Without this, your resolutions will fall to the ground when faced with the temptation.
And don't worry, as long as you desire to overcome sin, your confessions are valid. If you wait to defeat temptation to confess, you'll never be able to do it. It's like waiting to take a medicine after death. You have to keep confessing as long as you haven't given up on the vice.
One last thing: CONFIDENCE! The devil wants you to think that the battle is impossible. If we give in to this temptation, we lose hope and then we are certain to fall. On the contrary, remember that for God, for Our Lady, everything is possible. So, be certain that with their help you'll be able to overcome the vice. I've personally known people who struggled with the vice for years and then suddenly overcame it with the help of prayer and confessions.
Confidence! We're praying for you!
Thank you so much for this video! Heaven sent!❤❤❤
You are so very welcome, Nicky!
Thank you for covering this vital topic and the pitfalls one can fall into unless knowing these serious points of contrition for our Lord. When I hear 'absolve', I almost start crying ... to know He loves us even when we mess up, what a wonderful loving God.
Thank you Fr Michael for blessing.
Salve Maria FATHER.
Please pray for me
Im afraid and lacking trust in God as i should
Fathers is it fair to say or think that Since Jesus bore our sins on the cross that our sins were his wounds and own sorrow and thus He feels, felt and will feel all of our sins ? 🙏🏼❤️our confession and penance reparation / balsam to heal those wounds?
Good question, Ally. Indeed, Jesus would know all the sins that would be committed in the future, all the offenses that would be committed against Him, his holy mother, and against the Church. We know that Jesus died for us to atone for our sins, so that the gates of Heaven would be opened to us again, since they were closed after the Fall of Adam and Eve. This was His reason for coming to us and why He is called the Redeemer: He came to redeem us of our sins. And yes, our Confession and Penance soothe and comfort Him, for He is greatly offended by the sins of humans. We need only look back on the words of the three shepherd children of Fatima to be reminded of how greatly offended Our Lord is, and how we can ameliorate these offenses.
I'm new to your apostolate, viewing your videos. I attend a Latin Mass here in Texas. From my understanding, is that you guys are conservative in your theology but do the Norvus Ordo Mass if I understand that correct? Thus far I love your podcasts and short videos. Y'all are rock solid. God Bless.
Hello, Don. Yes, you are correct. Happy to have you join us; God bless you too!
A priest told me he would ONLY speak to me about a serious case if it were in Confession... I was a survivor of rape and having serious PTSD distress, I was seeking spiritual guidance and how to make peace with the abuser and the priest knows who it was but refused me to speak on the matter unless it were in Confession... I felt wronged to be in that situation and was well aware of the judgment upon me instead. After leaving that traumatic experience I ran to another parish to pray because I was seriously contemplating suicide because I did not see anyone there for me let alone God now because even the religious turn and said its all my fault , its my sins, and was firm that i could not ask specific questions about God neither...I felt abandoned even when what I was seeking was to follow Divine Mercy for my abuser from church and make a group in church on how to fight the spiritual battle of today especially for chastity and marriage. Instead I was condemned
I am so sorry for what happened to you. Keep close to Our Lady, the Mother of Christ, and our Lord, Jesus Christ. God will never leave you, nor forsake you. Even when human beings let you down, God will not. Find a much better parish, as soon as you can. These priests will bear a heavy judgment for not helping you in your need. Prayers for you! I pray that it gets better. And watch the really good content on TH-cam, like Fr. Chris Alar, of Divine Mercy. That's going to give you good spiritual direction until you find someone to talk to, okay?
Okay @@chefEmersonWilliams and may God bless you 70 x 7 fold! Thank you so much. I do not seek terrible judgment on those people but great restoration of our church. I choose to stay Catholic because Jesus is the only way and He gives all we need through His church. Thank you again so much! This truly will help me through this. You are a blessing
Hello! We're sorry to hear of all the pain you went through. Remember that Jesus and Mary are beside you in all your suffering. I would suggest that you say a prayer to Mary for nine days (a Hail Mary and a Memorare daily) asking for the grace to find a compassionate and good priest who can help you. Please pray for us and count on our prayers. God bless.
I would recommend praying the rosary
@@HeraldsoftheGospel_official oh! What a blessing to hear from you too! May God bless you abundantly! I will do this novena^^ trust and know your impact is already causing a ripple effect of blessings. Shalom dear family
If a person is elderly and can't get to church to confess one's sins can the person confess one's sins to God in one room?
Hello. God knows our struggles. Is the elderly person able to have a priest visit them?