I am terrified to go to confession. I have never been to confession. I became a Christian and a Catholic as an adult. I took all the classes and was baptized and took communion on the same evening. Because of the adult baptism, apparently I was absolved of all my prior sins.
Well, I have sinned since then, I live with this daily on my mind. I have deep respect for the priest at my church; I cannot bring myself to tell him the sins that I am most ashamed of. I pray to God and to Jesus to forgive me. At mass every week, I have difficulty not reminding myself of these sins and I feel like a fraud.
If I do not go to confession with a priest, and I doomed to Hell? I honestly am terrified about this. It brings me to tears.
My worst sins were at a time that I was struggling with severe depression. Through my doctor, prescriptions and prayer, I feel that I am well again and wouldn't relapse to committing the same sins. This is not an excuse, rather just additional info.
2007-03-09
03:23:51
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