During RCIA (Catholic church), if I have to confess (Reconciliation), but I have nothing to confess,?

Question

will they be suspicious? do they want me to tell them something dirty or sexy (I'm serious, the only thing I can think of is a little sexy, ).

Answer 1

If you are not baptized, then you do not have to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation until a month or two after your Baptism.

If you are already baptized, then you should receive the sacrament of Reconciliation a week or two before Easter as preparation for Confirmation and Eucharist.

Anyone over the age of seven has something to confess.

Here is an example of an examination of conscience:

+ Love of God + (Mark 12:28-30; John 14:23-24)

In what ways do I doubt God’s love for me?

Do I carve out time during the day to be with him in prayer or Scripture reading?

Do I attend Mass when I am able?

Am I angry with God because of places or circumstances in which I find myself, family difficulties, or an injury or illness?

Do I curse, swear, or use God’s name irreverently?

Are there areas in my military life where I need to seek his will?

In what particular areas am I called to be more obedient to God’s commands?

+ Love for Others + (Luke 10:25-37; John 13:12-15)

Where have I been selfish or arrogant or failed to care for my family or those men and women with whom I serve?

Have I used language that insults, demeans, or humiliates others?

Have I gossiped about or slandered others?

Were there times when I was slow to put the needs of others before my own?

Have I been respectful and obedient to my superiors?

Are there situations where I need to build up or encourage others?

+ Forgiveness + (Matthew 18:21-35; John 8:1-11)

Do I accept God’s forgiveness of all my sins?

Is there a particular sin that I do not believe God can forgive?

Do I find it hard to forgive myself?

Are there situations in which I need to forgive?

Perhaps I need to forgive someone who hurt me—an absent or negligent parent, the military service itself for “bad orders”, another deployment, an unfaithful spouse, being passed over for promotion, or an enemy.

Do I let anger fester in my heart?

+ Humility + (Mark 10:13-16; Philippians 2:6-11)

Am I prideful?

Do I recall that my talents, gifts, and vocation come from God?
Are there people with whom I refuse to share my time and gifts, even when the Lord is calling me to do so?

Am I self-sufficient, or do I turn to God’s Holy Spirit for the grace and power to overcome temptation and live a victorious Christian life?

Have I treated the people with whom I serve as children of God, regardless of their rank or position?

Is there an area in my life that remains “secret”?

Am I willing to speak to the chaplain about it?

+ Integrity/Honor + (Psalm 19:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8)

Do I shirk my responsibilities, requiring others to pick up my burden?

Do I carry out my duties honorably?

Which of my actions are not consistent with military rules and Christian principles of justice?

Do I overindulge in alcohol or use illegal drugs?

Have I engaged in sexual activity outside of marriage?

Do I give my mind over to lustful thoughts or fantasies?

Have I used pornography (books/internet/magazines/indecent movies)?

Have I told or enjoyed lewd or obscene jokes or stories?

Have I lied, cheated, or taken things that belong to others?

+ Courage + (Joshua 1:7-9; Matthew 23:37-39)

Do I speak out boldly when Christianity or my Catholic faith is challenged?

Are there situations when others have suffered because I did not speak the truth in love?

Do I stand up for what I know is right when others are beckoning me to move into situations that could lead me astray?

Are there any fears that are holding me back from being the man or woman that God would have me be?

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

You need a good examination of conscience in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Those who say they haven't sinned call God a liar. If you have no sin then why join the Church? The ten Commandments are there to use as your base for an examination. Have you always gone to a church on Sunday? If not then you have broken the Commandment of keeping Holy the Lords Day. How about have you ever lied on your taxes? Then if you have you have stolen. etc, etc. They don't want you to tell them anything but, what you have done wrong. If I were you I would confess taking the Lord's grace for granted.

Answer 3

First, God bless you and His peace be with you. It brings lots excitement to Christ's coronary heart whilst a individual embraces the Sacrament of Confession. I went with the aid of RCIA, too, 4 years in the past, and that i like seeing new converts. Confession isn't complicated. once you enter the confessional, pass your self interior the call of the Holy Trinity, tell the daddy how long that's been considering your final confession, and then confess your sins. Afterwards, he could provide you some suggestions, and provides you a penance. make certain you finished your penance after the confession, or the confession isn't valid. After he delivers a penance, he will ask you to make an admission of guilt. Then, he will say the prayer that absolves your sins. and that's it! bear in thoughts that there is not something incorrect with inquiring for help. many human beings enter the confessional uncertain of what to do, so that's completely ok to invite the priest for help. he's greater suitable than used to it and could be happy to. God bless.

Answer 4

If you truly have nothing to confess, I am sure that there are things about yourself that your aren't quite happy with that maybe you would like to change for the better. For instance: do you swear, or get angry easily or without too much provocation, do you talk about someone behind their backs, do you "not" do things that you should, which would be a sin of "ommision" instead of "commission". Simply stating things that you would like to change to be a better person would be fine. We often don't mean to do things wrong, but sometimes our anger or anxiety gets the better of us which is normal for any human being, and stating in in reconciliation just means we wish we could do better.

Answer 5

Reconciliation is an opportunity to confess any sins. A sin is any action, word, or attitude that is not in keeping with Jesus' command to love your God with all of your heart and mind and soul and to love your neighbor as yourself. A sin can also be seen as any inaction that is not loving.

Before going to Reconciliation, a person should do an examination of conscience. A good examination of conscience can be found at http://frpat.com/examen.htm

Even is after all of this, you cannot come up with any sins, just go to the priest and just tell him that you cannot think of any sins you have committed. He may talk to you and ask you questions to bring up some things you may not have thought about.

Peace be with you.

Answer 6

Not nearly serious enough...

Ask people who know you for help. They will come up with a number of sin-candidates for you to consider confessing. Right off the bat, I would pride. A sufficiently humble Christian never claims they have nothing to confess. The more humble you are, the more honest you will become in examining your conscience. You might be surprised how easy it is to sin.

Answer 7

Maybe you're thinking sin can only be big sins like stealing, lying, adultery, etc.
When I was going through catechism, the definition of sin was "anything in thought, word or deed that goes contrary to the will of God." Pretty huge definition, and you have to know what God's will is to stay out of trouble. I guess that meant reading the Bible and listening to my pastor to find that out.

Every day we have selfish thoughts, flashpoints of anger or bitterness, think we're better than someone else, yell at our parents, kids or spouse, look at someone's homework, gossip to your locker partner, take the last piece of lemon meringue pie in the lunch line so the ugly girl behind me won't have it.

Sin is subtle. Your confessor doesn't want to hear dirty or sexy. He'll feel very sad for you instead of getting all excited. He just wants to help you be clean in front of God. Take advantage of the opportunity to unburden yourself and focus on how God wants you to live.

Answer 8

The sin the Holy Spirit convicts the world of is not believing in the Only Begotten Son of God. He is the only way to reconciliation with God.

When a child of God sins, confess your sin, Jesus is faithful & just to forgive you your sin & cleanse you from all unrighteousness.


What do you need to confess? Confess, "Jesus Christ is your Lord." You are not a sinner, His blood covers you. God doesn't see you as a sinner. He sees His Son's righteousness. You will sin but cannot abide in sin (make it a comfortable habit) because of the Holy seed within.

Answer 9

You've never lied, or been mean or grumpy to someone. Or driven above the speed limit. Or yelled at someone in traffic. Or been overly angry at terrorists? Or looked at someone lustfully? Before you go to confession, you are supposed to examine your conscience. You should think about how you have acted that isn't how Jesus would of acted. The idea is it is supposed to help you become more holy.

Answer 10

Please understand: you are only required to confess mortal sins. In order for a sin to be mortal 3 things must hold true.
(1) The sin must be of a serious nature
(2) You must know and believe that it is a sin.
(3) The sin must be committed with your full consent.
Otherwise it is venial and not required, although encouraged, to be confessed. There are however sins of though, word, action, and omission.