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Pidgin2:
Are you a Catholic, yes or no?

for now, I'm attending catholic, so I'm a part time member nw

Pidgin2:
Are you Catholic or you just want to mock what you don't understand?

can u quote any libelous statement of mine. when did questioning become mockery. nobody forced u to comment woman.

Tplkenny:
Why do Catholics confess their sins to a priest? Isn’t God the one who forgives us? Of course, God is the one who alone can and does forgive us our sins, but God in His mysterious plan for us from the beginning chose to show His love, including His forgiving love, through the Church. Remember the healing of the paralytic by Jesus and the reaction of the crowd? First, Jesus said, "Your sins are forgiven. "Then He told him to rise and walk. The reaction of the leaders to the first statement was: "He has blasphemed. Only God can forgive sins." The response of the people to the whole experience was different. They praised God for giving such authority to men. The emphasis of the Bible is the fact that Jesus forgave sins as the Son of Man, as one sent by God. This power to forgive sins Jesus passed on to the Apostles. The words are from John’s Gospel (John 20:21ff.): "Peace be with you,’ Jesus said again, ‘As the Father has sent me, so I send you." Then He breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive men’s sins, they are forgiven them: if you hold them bound, they are held bound." But how can one know what sins to forgive or what sins to retain unless these are made known; that means unless they are confessed? This experience of confession of sins to a priest to receive the sign of God’s healing forgiveness is called by the Church the Sacrament of Penance or the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We are once more made one with God. Jesus intended this power to be exercised not only by the Apostles, but also by their successors for the good of sinners. In Matthew, chapter twenty eight, we read: "Full authority has been given to me both in Heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations. Teach them to carry out everything I have commanded you and know that I am with you always until the end of the world." Now, as Catholics, we believe that by ordination, a priest is given as much power to minister God’s healing forgiveness as the Apostles themselves possessed. So the first reason why Catholics confess their sins to a priest is that God has chosen to express his forgiving love this way. Our humanity is sacred to God, He reaches out to us through and in accord with our humanity. God knows that one of our needs is to be certain, to be re- assured. God wants me to know with faith assurance that when I am sincerely repentant, when I am truly sorry, that He has forgiven my sins. Again and again Jesus showed His love through outward, external signs. The words said by the priest, "I absolve you from all your sins in the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit," are those faith- signs of the certainty of God’s forgiveness. Another need that we have is to get things off the chest, so to speak. We may know what is bothering us, but until we speak about it to someone else, the burden remains heavy. In the actual confession of our sinfulness to a priest, there is also a human feeling of being made free. In our letting go, God’s healing grace renews us and by the humbling experience of admitting our sins to another, we are responding to God’s call. A humble and contrite heart God will not spurn. Besides being at one with God, Jesus indicated that we need to be at peace with one another. In Matthew 5:23, Jesus said: "If you bring your gift to the altar and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift at the altar. Go first to be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift." Sin is both personal and communal. It affects me and my relationship with God. Practically, I cannot go to everyone personally and ask forgiveness, but the priest, as confessor and leader, represents the Church, the Community of Faith. In the experience of confession I am not only asking God to forgive me, but I am also asking the same from my brothers and sisters in the Lord. Faith in Jesus opens me to receive the sign of the Father’s forgiveness, healing and love each time I confess my sins this way.

tnx, but CNT we communicate God directly must we go through priests

Dignitas:
The priest can confess to his bishop when he sins. He can also confess to a fellow priest. Even the Pope confesses to a particular undisclosed priest.

So, a priest can hear the confessions of anybody, including his fellow priest, bishops and the Pope.

Thank you.

but is there any effect of not confessing to priest

optional1:
you aint a Catholic and you create a thread to get more knowledge and reaction from us..

O'da where d link dey?

lolzzz. actually, I live with Catholics recently, so im a part time member.

https://www.nairaland.com/3881835/catholic-must-confess-sin-priest

optional1:
Amen and grant us peace in our hearts, homes, places of work, in our troubled country Nigeria and the whole world.

huum, sims u are a catholic. I created a thread about catholic in religion section, I will like u to react to it. I nid more understanding of that topic. tnx

BasketballGURU:
[color=#1980DC] Religion is the core quandary ôf this country [/color]

like seriously??

Chuvin22:
Ftc

say something abt the thread. nobody is competing FTC with u

asuustrike2009:
Why should they. This generation doesn't need it that's why it might not happen. The illustrated testimony are the kind of things this generation needs not turning water to wine or walking on top of the water

then wht are the works greater than that of Jesus

NoWorries7:
It requires many things, it's a long journey, which I have not seen any one undertaking, to bring down that power.
1. Loving JESUS, that's keeping all his commandments, I mean all even the minor ones.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Psalm:91:14-15
For example: freely ye was given, freely ye give.
If you love him, you will walk as he walked
2. Faith
3.Keeping your body holy, no ornaments(watch), no costly cloths etc
4.Being prayerful, not less than two hours prayers a day
5. Humility very important
6. Pride: Very evil... Can bring down any man of GOD
And many more.

so grateful for this

I am a member of one renown bible teaching church. recently, I'm living with catholics, I notice that pole used to gather at the father' house to do confession. this contradicts my own belief and also pose the question of if we confess to prirst, who will the priest confess to when he commit sin


Catholics in the house, what are the effects of not confessing ur sin to priest

asuustrike2009:
They are present but it boils down to faith. Most of rarely believe that's why the evidence are not there so it boils down to faith.
Let me share this testimony with you. A brother was to minister in Germany but his visa had expired. He lives in France but he can't travel because of expired visa and lack of money. So the Lord spoke to him to travel without anything. Initially he was scared but he obeyed and left. He got to the airport with his luggages and was on the queue until it got to his turn, he left the queue and went back to join the last person on the queue. Later he puzzled and ask Yahweh I can't travel because I will be embarrassed. So the Lord asked him to visit the toilet and then pray there. After praying the lord asked him to come out of the toilet only for him to see himself in Germany airport. The scriptural that came to his mind was . The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein (psalm 24:1)
For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.(1 cor 10:26)

hard to beliv anyway but I don't really doubt it.

I gav not seen any man of God to have walked on water, turned water to wine, feed 5000 persons with 2fishes and 5loaves of bread and still left with 12 basket. all these are part of wht Jesus did

asuustrike2009:
It's much present in this generation. This generation are too glued to the Bible that they claim to know it but they know nothing . Most of them are lead by the flesh and not the spirit that's why we have many doctrines giving room for Satan to operate.

I mean the works that are greater than that of Christ

Hobowobo:
Savaaaaaaage

what do u mean

jejemanito:
Nah. A cheerful giver she was. My naivety handcuffed me from making the damn move.

lolzzz, mine was a virgin though.

jejemanito:
Yes

was she a virgin

nnamdiokere45:
hmmmm....i nid to go giv ds my new babe an ultimatum.if she doesn't give me sex bfor den,i break up with her bfor she does

lolzzz

chinedusamson:
A whole year when by respecting her wish...every time na only kiss, make I enter she say wait. Haaaaaa

na so o my bro. was she a virgin

onuhabel1:
He Was Speaking To His Disciples, Didn't They Do Greater Works By The Universal Spread Of The Gospel?

OK the verse doesn't affect our generation

thesicilian:
Yes. A relationship is supposed to be a win win situation for both parties. If our interests are not aligned, it is better to go our separate ways. A broken relationship is better than a broken marriage.

u are on point bro

hemartins:
It is a reality. It all depends on your level of Faith.

go and read the works of Jesus oga and tell me who has done greater works

John 14:12
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

optional1:
if he regret his cup of tea...

But remember ur daughter will also have a boifrnd.

my sis, don't bother ursev, u can't just understnd. owk. check this out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPgZodtOTY4

barallanee:
so 90%why ur in a relationship is for sex...ders more to achieve in LIFE

pretence

optional1:
if u regret not fvcking ur ex, remember you will hv a daughter who will have dated upto 5 guys b4 marriage and those 5guys will fvck her so as not to regret after d breakup.

u cannot understand woman. don't bother ursev

austine4real:


ya like 4 of em

two are married now if I still remembered those days mhen will just fell like crying.


those days guy was still a vrgin .

but now got no mercy for em pvssies

bro, same tin here oo. I was respecting her not knowing I was forming mumunism. after some yrs together, she later break up. she was like 'thank God notin BTW us''.

Chuknovski:
I won't but I would just pretend she doesn't exist

pretend as if she doesn't exist. bro u strong oo. dat means u will be nailing someone else.

Chuknovski:
she would leave as a virgin if shes extremely ugly or unattractive

will u force her if she says no??

pythonkid:
lol.. u guys ain't smart... lol

smartness was the cause in my own case. I was actually respecting her.

thesicilian:
And what of my wish?

u knw that has always be there opinion especially if she is a virgin. respect is part of love. so will u quit if she says no to ur wish

obojememe:
i really do regret

bro that tin is painful oo, I was forming ' let me respect her wish" wen she left, the feeling of 'so na one guy go they back her no allow me rest until I got over the breakup

thesicilian:
I don't think she can leave as a virgin after one week of relationship self.

really?? but I tink if u really love her u will respect her wish. I did that but was painful wen she left.