Catholics, I need some help regarding my sins and can't find the answer?

Question

No judgment, please.
So before I was really motivated to be closer to God, I made bad decisions when I was younger... when I grew wise to the sins I was committing, which I know now where mortal sins, I confessed them, and I know I was forgiven through the grace of God.
But yesterday I was reading through Catholic forums, and something caught my eye, so I read it. A priest was mentioning how sins that are mortal are still mortal if you're deliberately trying to hid the fact from yourself that they are mortal because you want to continue doing the sin. This is what I was doing a few years ago; I was trying to justify my sins, and although in the back of my mind I knew what I was doing was wrong, I wanted to stay ignorant to the fact that they were very serious sins, so I never asked if what I was doing was wrong.
Anyway, to my question: I know that since I confessed my sins that I am forgiven. But I did not go into great detail that I was hiding the fact to myself that they were mortal sins when I was committing them. Is the act of hiding it to myself and wanting to stay ignorant itself a mortal sin? I confessed the actions I did, and how frequently I did them, and over how large of a time span. But not the fact that I kept turning my head away from the truth, and didn't want to hear the truth until I had committed the sin so many times...
I know this is confusing, but it's been bothering me. I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and I can't stop thinking about things that bother me, like my sins, if I think I have done something wrong. I'm probably going to go to confession tomorrow anyway, but I have anxieties about going to confession and talking to a priest, and I have to write out my sins before hand so I can read them to him, otherwise my words get jumbled and it turns out to not be a very good confession.
I don't know, I would like to know what to say.
Any help would be so very much appreciated! Again, I know the question is kind of confusing.
God bless. <3

Answer 1

There is a place in the Bible that says If one asks for forgiveness, but dose not want or plan to stop committing the sin; it will Not be forgiven. And all other sins following it will not be forgiven.

Since you have stopped, I hope with your stopping they have all been forgiven since then.

The Bible also tells us to ask for our forgiveness of sins in prayer to God. Not to other men....

Answer 2

Sins is God's way of telling us we did wrong. It is better for you to read the bible to know what really irritate God and not just the society of man. I was in total shock to find out what really are sins. There is no mortal or venial in God. Another word for sin is disobedience. So you really have to know what rules you disobeyed right? You can get those rules in the bible. In the old testament. And there are also ways given for how man can pay and repent for his sins. Like if someone stole something, you will not be forgiven unless you give it back PLUS one-fifth of the total amount. So asking for forgiveness is not really that simple. God is smarter than us you know. So we can not outsmart him specially when it comes from payment of our sins. Of course real repentance is needed but think, how can one repent if someone enjoys doing whatever that sin is and repeats. Pray for God's guidance in the matter. I do not want to confuse you, so somehow you should really research and study about God. And his reason why stating the rules. Remember God is a Father, Jesus is His Son. They somehow has a different look on rules. God giving us the rules like a father would. And Jesus being the closest to God the father explains how a father's love when it comes to rules.

Answer 3

i'm Christian not Catholic, yet interior the Bible we've the ten commandments; in case you pass against them you're sinning. The commandments are: No mendacity No Stealing No cheating (on your substantial different not a game) No Worshiping different gods No Envying peoples products No Making Idols of fake Gods No Taking the Lord's call in ineffective Honoring the Sabbath Day No murdering Honoring your mothers and dads the Bible does not point out the seven deadly sins, yet oes supply some greater rules, yet none that are formally commandments.

Answer 4

When your sins are absolved in Confession, that includes any mortal sins you forgot to mention. So, you are not currently in a state of mortal sin, because of this. You didn't deliberately choose not to Confess these sins, so they are absolved.



So, you're fine. Now you know, you should include them next time you make a Confession, to get it off your chest. If it worries you, make sure you tell the priest that you're worried about missing things out, so he can reassure you.



Also, have you told your priest that you have OCD? He might be able to tailor his response, if he knows.

Answer 5

Just go to confession and confess your sins. You'll feel better afterwards.



Also, not here to judge, but you might also want to seek counseling.

Answer 6

The Bible did say that anybody who wholeheartedly repents will be forgiven.



Check out Luke 7:36-50.

Answer 7

Hate to break it to you, but sins aren't real.