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Confessions

  • 20-06-2009 10:16pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 75 ✭✭


    I know I have not been perfect in the last year e.g.talked to strangers online,broke my ppioneers pledge but I have changed now and confessed my sins at church and havent broken any commandments.

    I want to know does confession give forgiveness and can I still go to heaven?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,250 ✭✭✭✭Iwasfrozen


    I know I have not been perfect in the last year e.g.talked to strangers online,broke my ppioneers pledge but I have changed now and confessed my sins at church and havent broken any commandments.

    I want to know does confession give forgiveness and can I still go to heaven?
    What age are you Longfordjames ? I assume you're under sixteen as you mentioned your pioneers pledge. Also you do know that I'm a stranger and you're talking to me online yes ?
    Any as for your question, yes Catholics believe that if you confess your sins they are washed clean.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭Soul Winner


    I want to know does confession give forgiveness and can I still go to heaven?

    "If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." John 1:9

    But your confession must be made from the heart and a contrite heart at that. Somehow your post here suggests otherwise but then I can't see the heart so who am I to judge?, but God can see the heart, so only you and He know if it is true or not. In any case, confessing your sins will not get you to heaven, but it is a step in the right direction, if you continue in this mode then there is hope for you, and all of us for that matter.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,479 ✭✭✭✭philologos


    I know I have not been perfect in the last year e.g.talked to strangers online,broke my ppioneers pledge but I have changed now and confessed my sins at church and havent broken any commandments.

    I want to know does confession give forgiveness and can I still go to heaven?

    If you are truly sorry for your sins, and if you pray before God Himself asking for forgiveness and make a clear effort to stay away from what is sinful (i.e to hold fast to what is good and hate what is evil) that is true repentance.

    God bless you. Your heart is certainly in the right place :)


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