I Confess to You
I confess to almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have sinned through my own fault, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do; and I ask blessed Mary, ever virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
Anywhere, to another priest.
Priests typically confess to another priest or a spiritual advisor, as part of the sacrament of reconciliation in the Catholic Church.
In the Roman Catholic sacrament of confession, you confess your sins to a priest.
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.
I am not a Catholic , but it could be so that , when you confess he may not know who has confessed . Catholic comment: In essence, that is correct - or at least, that is the theory.
Roman Catholic AnswerBecause that is what God made the ordinary vehicle for His forgiveness.
In the Catholic faith, you should confess any sins that you have committed, especially those that weigh on your conscience and go against the teachings of the Church. It is important to be honest and sincere in your confession to receive forgiveness and guidance from the priest.
Yes, but technically, we confess our sins to God through the priest.
If a Catholic has committed a mortal sin, then he must confess this sin to a priest in the Sacrament of Confession before he can receive Communion. If he has committed only venial sins, then he is free to receive Communion without going to Confession, and his reception of Communion will actually result in the forgiveness of those venial sins.
Muslims confess their sins to God, but not to any person. This differs from some Christian faiths (e.g. Catholic) in which confessions are made to a priest. Most Christian protestant faiths do not include confessions of sins in their practices.
One does not confess sins to a priest but through a priest. The priest acts as Christ's agent and you are actually confessing to Christ himself. When Jesus said to his disciples "who's sins you shall forgive they are forgiven, who's sins you shall retain they are retained" he instituted the sacrament of reconciliation (confession), the authority to do this has been passed down through the apostolic Catholic priesthood for 2,000 years to the present day. By not confessing through a priest you will not be receiving sanctifying grace from God..Catholic AnswerIt is important to confess your sins to a priest in the sacrament of confession because this is how God set it up for you to be absolved from your sins and to receive sanctifying grace in order to sin no more. In other words, we do it because God told us to.
To attend a Catholic confession, one should first examine their conscience, then approach a priest at a church or schedule a confession appointment. During the confession, the individual will confess their sins, receive guidance and penance from the priest, and then perform the assigned penance as an act of contrition.