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I absolutely have to make sure I go to confession tomorrow. It's my last opportunity before lent.

>>602128

You can go during lent too, not that I'm suggesting you don't go tomorrow.

>>602122

First confession next week after rite of election. Any tips lads?

>>602122

As a non-Roman Catholic Christian, how can I participate in Lent?

Confession is obligatory during the 4 fasting periods, so yeah, I'll have to go.

>>602128

Man, same here. :(

>>602300

Go over the 10 commandments: antiochian.org/orthodox-prayers/self-examination-confession

>>602308

Fast, abstain, pray and do penance.

>>602145

Indeed. But my goal is going into lent in a state of grace, and remaining until after Easter. Please pray for me.

>>602318

Not him but how can a non Catholic do penance?

>>602439

Penance as works of repentance, not penance as sacrament.

The snow is coming down hard and I am worried.

Is it considered proper to go to confession even if you haven't started towards confirmation?

>>602495

Yes.

Kids go to confession before their 1st communion.

i haven't been baptisted yet so idk if it would be weird to go up

is there a special first confession?

>>602536

I'm not sure you need to! Baptism freely removes sin. The clock starts at baptism, as it were.

>>603073

it's good, why the sad frog?

I am waiting to start RCIA.

Can i participate in Ash Wednesday?

>>603096

I don't believe there would be any theological reason you couldn't. It's a mark of penitence, if you repent of your sins and desire baptism, you should be qualified.

Everyone's going to be fasting on Ash Wednesday and every Friday, right? If you're an adult, you really should.

>>603083

not that anon, but as someone who has a masturbation issue, I imagine it's something similar.

I'm on day 24 of nofap though, and you can be sure that's going to be continuing throughout lent

>>603205

You have a few days before Ash Wednesday, anon. If you can, try to call up that church's priest and arrange for a confession, if possible. Explain your situation–i.e., tell him that it's been 5 years and you really want to do this before Lent–and your priest should understand.

>>603230

I know that feel. Woke up at 6 AM to go to mass on a Wednesday. The nice lady told me to talk to the priest after mass. Too much spaghetti and left.

>>603073

>go to confession at church 1 because I gave into temptation

>last two weeks before going to confession again at church 1 for giving into temptation

>try to mask my voice and be vague

>"you should really seek some sort of professional help with your problem"

feels bad man

>>603209

>Everyone's going to be fasting on Ash Wednesday and every Friday, right? If you're an adult, you really should.

The thing that gets me though is this whole 1 meal during Ash Wednesday. How do people who don't drive get to and from Church? I can't do 1 meal + 40 min walk to church and back. I just can't do it. I don't know how other people can do this. And worse is Holy Saturday were supposed to do the same thing, but I can't do that + a 2 hour vigil.

Is there some sort of trick? The caloric and protein cut I get from this is too much.

>>603352

Fasting days you can eat one meal and two smaller meals which don't equal the bigger meal. The smaller meals can't include meat. It used to be that every day except Sunday was a day of fasting during lent With Friday and Saturday also requiring abstinence from meat.

https://www.fisheaters.com/fasting.html

>>603382

Seems my priest was wrong then. He was claiming that it's just one meal. Strange, he's usually the one priest in town that's on the ball with these things.

Turns out too after doing some research, the Bishops in my country agreed in 2006 that Meat on Fridays during lent is a requirement, but every other Friday and act of piety is valid in lieu of going meatless.