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Why do catlic go to a prist to confess?
Practising Catholics go to their Priests for Confession, as it is part of their religious beliefs.
Do priests judge you when you go to confession?
The priest does not judge you. God is the one to judge. The priest is just his intermediary. When you confess you are confessing to God.
How often does the Catholic Church say you must go to confession?
Once a year
What is a penance service?
confession and absolution of sin.Roman Catholic AnswerA penance service is a rather new invention in some areas in the Catholic Church. With the shortage of priests, and the contemporary lack of the sense of sin, there are not as many people going to confession regularly as is the norm in Catholicism. To keep this slide from getting any worse, and to make it easier for people to fulfill their Easter Obligation (Catholics are required by law to go to confession at least once a year), priests in a given area will come together on one night in Lent and conduct a penance service, afterward all the people can go to individual confession.
Can a Catholic priest forgive his own sins?
Absolutely not, confession is a tribunal of justice where you need a judge. Our judge is Jesus Christ, who has appointed priests to operate here on earth as His ears and mouth. So you absolutely need two people, one a priest of God, and the penitent - and they can not be one and the same person. When a priest goes to confession, and up until the new Code of Canon Law came out in 1983, all priests were required to go to confession at least every other week.
In a Catholic church were do you go if you sin?
You go to confession. In a catholic church, there is often a little room where the priest sits and you confess your sins to him.
How often should you receive Reconciliation?
You should go to confession when you have committed a mortal sin. You should not take communion until you have done so. You should probably go to confession at least once a year, even if you are not aware of any mortal sin.
Do you have to go to confession if you don't have mortal sins?
As you put the question, no, you must go to confession once a year, regardless, and you must go to confession anytime that you are in mortal (serious) sin. Without going to confession you may not receive Holy Communion without damning yourself. Those are the only times that you are required to go to confession.Outside of that, you need to go to confession regularly if you have any desire whatsoever to grow in the spiritual life, and obtain heaven. Once a month is the absolute minimum for that.
What are the symbols for confession?
The Symbols for confession is not to ask this on the internet, ask your mom. or go to church
Does a priest go to confession?
Yes he does
How do you go to confession in the Lutheran church?
Confession is incorporated into the normal church service in the Lutheran church.
Can a person who has been divorced and remarried take communion in the eastern orthodox faith?
Yes, so long as the person is an Orthodox Christian. Some priests require divorced people to go to confession first, and then they can receive Communion each week.
