Are all sins that are confessed silently during the catholic mass this Sunday forgiven? And why?

Question

My son and daughter came home from Catechism saying that the teacher informed them that if they go to church this Sunday, April 15, 2007, and silently confessed their sins, they would be forgiven without having to go to Confession with the priest. The teacher informed them that a pope in the 1930s had made this decree. I grew up Catholic and have never heard of this but would like to know more.

Answer 1

I have never heard the decree either, and it's my understanding that in the Catholic Church that unless one publicly, or least in front of a priest orally confesses sins, they are not forgiven.

Many Protestant churches allow their parishioners to ask for forgiveness in silent prayer, so this could be where the idea is rooted rather than a Catholic decree.

Answer 2

Hi Marie,during the penitential rite at the beginning of the Holy Mass we can and do ask and receive forgiveness as the body of Christ,this however is not a substitute for the sacrament of Confession, when we go to confession several things happen,firstly we recieve actual grace that we may confess our sins,then we receive the forgiveness and pardon of Christ through the Priest,and after this we also recieve sanctifying grace that we may be better able to resist future sins.
I too have never heard of this decree from Pope Pius,it maybe so but then again there are a lot of things being taught to our children that come from mislead theologians and Teachers.

P.S, non Catholics who have answered here at least be gracious enough to read a Catholic cathecism before giving your opinions to a Catholic.

Answer 3

John 14:6 Jesus spoke back, "I am the best way and the reality and the lifestyles. No one involves the Father besides via me. Matthew 18:20 For in which 2 or 3 have accrued in combination in My title, I am there of their midst. Matthew 18:19 "Again, I inform you that if 2 of you on the planet agree approximately whatever you ask for, it is going to be performed for you through my Father in heaven. James five:sixteen Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for each and every different in order that you'll be healed. The prayer of a righteous guy is strong and robust. So, no you are not able to cross to God and confess your sins with out going via Jesus, and Jesus tells us that it takes TWO individuals, now not only one individual confessing their sins quietly to Him. Confession meets the necessities that Jesus offers us, in that 2 individuals are inquiring for the forgiveness of the confessors sins. In that difficulty, not like your difficulty, Jesus is truthfully gift, and what's requested is granted due to the fact that that's what He promised. There are extra features to be made regarding this area, however I am now not within the train of typing partitions of textual content.

Answer 4

It is Divine Mercy Sunday. You needed to go to confession before today to receive a plenary indulgence and go to Mass. You don't confess your sins during Mass. You need a priest to absolve you.

" Three conditions for the plenary indulgence

And so the Supreme Pontiff, motivated by an ardent desire to foster in Christians this devotion to Divine Mercy as much as possible in the hope of offering great spiritual fruit to the faithful, in the Audience granted on 13 June 2002, to those Responsible for the Apostolic Penitentiary, granted the following Indulgences:

a plenary indulgence, granted under the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer for the intentions of Supreme Pontiff) to the faithful who, on the Second Sunday of Easter or Divine Mercy Sunday, in any church or chapel, in a spirit that is completely detached from the affection for a sin, even a venial sin, take part in the prayers and devotions held in honour of Divine Mercy, or who, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed or reserved in the tabernacle, recite the Our Father and the Creed, adding a devout prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus, I trust in you!");

A partial indulgence, granted to the faithful who, at least with a contrite heart, pray to the merciful Lord Jesus a legitimately approved invocation."

Answer 5

No its not true, there are two ways to be forgiven of sins in the Catholic Church

1. confession with at least imperfect contrition: imperfect contrition means your sorry for your sins because you're scared of hell

2. perfect contrition: this is when you say the act of contrition or ask Gods forgiveness when your on a plane thats going down or something and you cant make it to confession, perfect contrition means that you're sorry for your sins out of true love for God


*By the way, in reply to Carved In Stone, Non-Catholics can go to heaven without ever having even heard of Jesus Christ or confession, this is called invincible ignorance and it means they arent responsible for their sins since they didnt have a chance to know Christ, this doesnt mean all people who never heard of Christ go to heaven, because such people are judged by how well they have followed whats right in their heart, their "interior conscience" If you don't fall under the category of invincible ignorance and you know or had a good chance to know the truth, the 2 above ways of forgiveness are the only ways, i suppose a hindu whos heard about Jesus and the gospel numerous times might not be responsible for his unbelief since he probably had his parents teaching him how to be a hindu from childhood on, im not really sure, only Christ knows who is invincibly ignorant

Answer 6

At the beginning of the mass, the priest asks the gathering to "call to mind our sins".

Towards the end of mass, when Communion is being distributed, one's venial sins are forgiven upon reception of Communion, providing the sinner has repented.

When it comes to mortal sins, they can only be forgiven via the Sacrament of Confession. If one is aware of having committed mortal sin, one must go to Confession before receiving the Eucharist.

Answer 7

If one of my teachers said this, I would fire them. Report this teacher IMMEDIATELY to the Catechetical Leader and/or Pastor. They are teaching heresy.

Mortal sins MUST be forgivent hrough Sacramental COnfession.

Venial sins are forgiven during the penitential rite at Mass, but it is a good pious practice to confess them.

The Sunday after Easter is called Divine Mercy Sunday. It is the result of a private revelation to Sister ( now saint) Faustina Kowalska. Jesus asked her to have the image she saw painted ( called the Devine Mercy image)

A couple years before his death, Pope John Paul II designated the Sunday after Easter Divine Mercy Sunday. The devotion consists of reciting the Divine Mercy Chaplet, attending Mass, and GOING TO SACRAMENTAL CONFESSION.

It amazes me the number of Catholic who try to get out of Confession when it is the awesome Sacrament of forgiveness!

Answer 8

Easy, because sin isn't real anyway and doesn't need to be forgiven.

The first thing that someone should be considering is whether the idea of sin is actually real.

If God is supposed to be perfect how could She have made anything or anyone that wasn't perfect.
Think about it. The idea of sin assumes certain things about God that seem highly unlikely.

First it assumes a God who is too incompetent to organize a simple educational field excursion and figure out a way to get all of the students home safely.

How likely is this that God would not be smart enough to come up with a plan for our salvation that is going to work 100 percent of the time?

It also assumes that God must have created us imperfect if we are sinners.

One might assume that God would be able to create someone perfect each and every time if he chose to. Assuming God is capable of this, then it follows logically that we must be perfect creations if we are actually creations of this perfect God.

Unless of course you are saying that God chose to create us imperfect.

If God created us imperfect then anything that may go wrong is Gods fault, not ours. This seems a bit illogical at best so I think that we need to assume that What God creates would have to be perfect.

If this is the case and Gods creations are perfect, then nothing that we can do could change what God created perfect and make it imperfect unless we think that we are more powerful than God is.

How likely is it that we the creation could be more powerful than the creator. I personally find this idea somewhat amusing, and a bit absurd.

Religion tells us that God is perfect. If this is true then it could hardly be logically for Gods creations to be considered to be anything less than perfect.

If this is the case and we are perfect creations of a perfect God then Nothing that we can ever do could possibly change this perfection that God willed, unless we were so powerful that our choices could override and change the will of God.

How likely is that????

Think about it.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 9

Only Jesus has the power to forgive sins, not the pope or anyone else. The priest is only human like the rest of us and he also needs the same Savior that we all do.

Answer 10

should be told forgivness is only a part
we then get to prove our absolution by works of redemption
by seeking to avoid doing evil
by redeeming our will to sin
forgivness with out repentance is further sin
confession is good for the soul [or boasting] depending on our will to try to do better [good] not wanting to sin [no more]
nop one can forgive sins [absolving us of the will to sin
we must conquer our own will to sin