How do confessions work at a Catholic church?
How do confessions work at a Catholic church? Also, how does Communion work?
What I mean is, do you come at a certain time, or do you just tell the Father you wish to confess? I mean, if you tell him who you are, doesn't that defeat the purpose?
I'd be most obliged if someone could explain this to me.
when you enter a "confessional" at the catholic church you start with "forgive me father for I have sinned and it has been a really long time since my last confession." If you want to confess and aren't in a catholic church you can just talk to Jesus and tell him you are sorry for what you have done.
The time you take communion in the catholic church, the church teaches it (the wafer) is the actual body and blood of Christ. Remember He said "as oft as you do this, do it in remembrance of me." Actually, some churches do it once a month so I guess it should be "as seldom as you do it, do it in remembrance of me."
oops—forgot something. In catholic church the priest assigns penance for you–actually telling you how sorry you are for doing the sins you are confessing. In your heart, you know what you have done and God allows you to repent without repetitive prayers. Just be honest and mean it when you say you are sorry for your deeds.
Hope this helps.
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May 21 2009 02:06 am | Catholic
oph_chad on 21 May 2009 at 7:46 am #
when you enter a "confessional" at the catholic church you start with "forgive me father for I have sinned and it has been a really long time since my last confession." If you want to confess and aren't in a catholic church you can just talk to Jesus and tell him you are sorry for what you have done.
The time you take communion in the catholic church, the church teaches it (the wafer) is the actual body and blood of Christ. Remember He said "as oft as you do this, do it in remembrance of me." Actually, some churches do it once a month so I guess it should be "as seldom as you do it, do it in remembrance of me."
oops—forgot something. In catholic church the priest assigns penance for you–actually telling you how sorry you are for doing the sins you are confessing. In your heart, you know what you have done and God allows you to repent without repetitive prayers. Just be honest and mean it when you say you are sorry for your deeds.
Hope this helps.
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laurathebee on 21 May 2009 at 8:23 am #
When confessing you usually say
"Bless me Father, for I have sinned, my last confession was ….
These are my sins~~"
And list them.
And Communion is a sacrament in which the individual receives the consecrated bread and wine (believed to be the Blood and Body of Christ, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transubstantiation)
And Churches usually set up specific times for Confession.
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Never Back Down on 21 May 2009 at 8:35 am #
i would not recommend it. the priest get a kick out of listening to your dirty little sins and secrets
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robert C on 21 May 2009 at 9:15 am #
1st of all you have to be a catholic, unless you are dying
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