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to embarresed to confess the same sin to my foc
what to do help please?
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what to do help please?
There is nothing to be done. You must confess for that sin to be forgiven. You learn ways to avoid it or to do less of it.
odds are (speaking on behalf of myself) one doesnt really repent, but merely confesses his sin, and so he ends up leaving the door to this sin open allowing it access once more, even though he "kicked it out"
ask your priest what you should do, for this sin in specific since it keeps coming around.
God Bless
akhadna el barka... neshkor Allah!
The next time you find yourself doing the sin, remind yourself of how embarrassed you'll be the next time you meet your FOC. Write yourself a note.
Actually, from what I've heard from our priests, the above response is actually quite real: we are meant to feel embarassed for our sins when we confess.
Its meant to act as a deterrent. (correct me if I'm wrong).
Do you intentionally sin on purpose? or what happens?
I think u should still confess it and feel embarassed about it.
My sunday school teacher once told me, "If you're embarassed to confess certain sins to your FOC, how much more should you have been embarassed to do it in front of GOD"
When I find it difficult to tell my FOC certain sins, I think of it this way. I am not really confessing my sins to the human being sitting with me, but to God Himself.. and He already knows.. so it won't really be much of a surprise to Him. Your FOC is given a gift, he is able to forget your sins, and look like God looks at you.. don't worry about His reaction.
PP4M
yes, that could be a deterrent in the beginning, but the real reason that you shouldn't sin is because of your love for God and your embarrassment in front of God.
Yes. very true.
It's normal for you to be embarassed about your sins... in reality, you should be more worried if you don't feel embarassed. This may well act as a reminder for you not to repeat this sin again.
When I find it difficult to tell my FOC certain sins, I think of it this way. I am not really confessing my sins to the human being sitting with me, but to God Himself.. and He already knows.. so it won't really be much of a surprise to Him. Your FOC is given a gift, he is able to forget your sins, and look like God looks at you.. don't worry about His reaction.
PP4M
You know Hizz, i get the impression that we were meant to confess before a priest simply because we did the sin before God and didnt feel embarassed about it, so to tell it to a priest would help bring the reality of our acts in the open.
Its just an impression.
Also.. I just wanted to say that we do confess to a priest, although we have sinned against God. That's important as protestants don't confess to priests and don't believe in confession. They only repent to God. that's it.
In your opinion, is adultery the only embarrassing sin to confess? Or did you guys have something else in mind?
What is more important is to stop and repent. Confessing is the last thing to worry about. I'd worry more if I was still committing the sin.
About the part where you are "so embarressed you can't confess" this at first is very hard. But always have to think, Abouna is human just like me, he sins, just like me.
If you tell him your embarrassing sin, he will not excumminicate you or look at you badly. As a matter of fact, abouna never does it because it is a sin to him if he looks at you as a bad person, or goes tells othere people.
Just remember, WHATEVER HAPPENS IN CONFESSION STAYS IN CONFESSION
Rabbina Ma3k
personally i'd me more embarrassed to tell a priest i stole
well alot of sins are embarrassing
personally i'd me more embarrassed to tell a priest i stole
are you saying you would be less embarrassed to say you committed adultery to stealing??
stealing is purely an action of mind, one doesn't accidentally steal, they do it after considering it. They're usually not as tempted to steal as they would be to commit adultery. Adultery itself can be as a result of personal weakness, which i tend to fall into without thinking too much about it. In other words, your exposed more to adulterous sins, than you are to sins associated with theft. but when it boils down to it, no sin is greater than the other, except for blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
yes, that could be a deterrent in the beginning, but the real reason that you shouldn't sin is because of your love for God and your embarrassment in front of God.
My sunday school teacher once told me, "If you're embarassed to confess certain sins to your FOC, how much more should you have been embarassed to do it in front of GOD"
Well unless your a Saint or have a very intimate relationship with God, will you be able to comprehend the truth of confessing to God.
Also, there is no confession to God - it must be beofre a person of ecclesiatic rank. Unless you mean judgement day.
i thought that abouna would hate me because of my sins
when i got the courage to confess he didn't laugh or get mad
you should just go to your foc and confess your sins
trust me abounas are very nice and once you confess your sins they are forgiven and forgotten
MaRy:)
I always thought my FOC would get bored of hearing me say the same sin every month, but he was always gentle and gave me spiritual excercises to help me overcome it.
Plus, they hear millions of confessions (not to mention people's problems) everyday, so they won't remember even if they wanted to!
So don't worry, your salvation is more important than anything =)
For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, but the wicked shall fall by calamity.
Proverbs 24:16
Pray for me, good luck and god bless!