Some things will not apply to us; but if something in particular touches our conscience, then we can bring it to confession. His love never fails or changes. He loves us passionately, with infinite kindness and tenderness. The only reason we remember our sins is so that we can turn to him and receive his forgiveness, and learn to love him in a new and deeper way. How to go to Confession. General advice Sometimes we get nervous about going to confession. After confession If it is possible now, do your penance in the church before you leave; e.
You shall not have strange gods before me. Do I seek to love God with all my heart? Do I stay faithful to Jesus, even when I have difficulties or doubts? Do I make at least some time for prayer every day? Do I hold on to the practice of my Catholic faith, or have I turned away from it, or spoken against the teachings of the Church? Have I been involved with the occult, e. Have I put faith in horoscopes?
Have I received Holy Communion in a state of mortal sin? When things are difficult, do I hope in God, or do I give in to self-pity and despair? Do I get angry and resentful with him? Do I make a sincere effort to come to Mass on time, and to listen and pray during the Mass? Do I fast for an hour before receiving Holy Communion apart from water and medicine? Am I reverent in church? Do I try to keep Sunday as a day of prayer, rest and relaxation, avoiding unnecessary work?
Do I honour and respect my parents? Do I show kindness to my brothers and sisters? Do I treat my children with love and respect? Do I carry out my family duties Do I support and care for the well-being of all family members, especially the elderly and the sick? A priest can be given this faculty either by the law itself or by a grant made by the competent authority according to the norm of can. In addition to the Roman Pontiff, cardinals have the faculty of hearing the confessions of the Christian faithful everywhere in the world by the law itself.
Bishops likewise have this faculty and use it licitly everywhere unless the diocesan bishop has denied it in a particular case. Those who possess the faculty of hearing confessions habitually whether by virtue of office or by virtue of the grant of an ordinary of the place of incardination or of the place in which they have a domicile can exercise that faculty everywhere unless the local ordinary has denied it in a particular case, without prejudice to the prescripts of can.
Those who are provided with the faculty of hearing confessions by reason of office or grant of a competent superior according to the norm of cann. In virtue of office, a local ordinary, canon penitentiary, a pastor, and those who take the place of a pastor possess the faculty of hearing confessions, each within his jurisdiction. In virtue of their office, superiors of religious institutes or societies of apostolic life that are clerical and of pontifical right, who have executive power of governance according to the norm of their constitutions, possess the faculty of hearing the confessions of their subjects and of others living day and night in the house, without prejudice to the prescript of can.
The local ordinary alone is competent to confer upon any presbyters whatsoever the faculty to hear the confessions of any of the faithful.
Presbyters who are members of religious institutes, however, are not to use the faculty without at least the presumed permission of their superior.
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