![]() You must confess at least all mortal sins since your last good (i.e., not invalid) Confession.ī) It is also of great benefit to confess venial sins since your last Confession – especially those venial sins which are habitual or which trouble you most. The priest does not need to hear details (e.g., the family history of why you struggle with hatred toward a brother) but he does need to hear factors that change the severity of the sin (e.g., stealing from a church adds the sin of sacrilege to the sin of theft and changes the severity of the sin). Contrition (i.e., real sorrow for sin).Ī) With regard to each and every mortal sin, the penitent must confess number and kind (i.e., what you did and how many times you did it). The matter for Sacramental Confession requires four elements which all must be presentġ. The act of simply going to Confession and mentioning sins without having sorrow or the intention to avoid the sins in the future makes the confession invalid! ![]() In the words of the Baltimore Catechism : “To receive the sacrament of Penance worthily, we must: examine our conscience be sorry for our sins have the firm purpose of not sinning again confess our sins to the priest be willing to perform the penance the priest gives us.” “There is nothing that should be better known to the faithful than the matter of this Sacrament hence they should be taught that Penance differs from the other Sacraments in this that while the matter of the other Sacraments is something, whether natural or artificial, the matter, as it were, of the Sacrament of Penance is the acts of the penitent – namely, contrition, confession and satisfaction – as has been declared by the Council of Trent.” The Catechism of the Council of Trent explains: The “matter” for Confession is unique, however, in that it is supplied by the penitent, while the matter for the other Sacraments usually consists of physical material supplied by the priest (e.g., water, chrism, bread and wine). All Sacraments Require Proper Matter and FormĪs with all the sacraments, proper matter and form are required for the validity of Confession. ![]()
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