RE: Ask a Catholic
August 22, 2015 at 7:21 pm
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2015 at 7:22 pm by Randy Carson.)
(August 22, 2015 at 7:17 pm)abaris Wrote:(August 22, 2015 at 7:14 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: It's Saturday evening, Min...remember going to confession with your folks when you were little?
"Bless me, Father, for I have sinned..."
Since you mention that - that was one of the first steps on my way to total atheism. The thought of, that's none of your business when on my way to confession. I turned around and never looked back.
You were wrong, of course, since your sins ARE God's business, and confession was established by Jesus as the normative means for forgiveness of serious sins. Venial sins do not require confession.
How old were you at the time?