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Confession #364379 05/12/11 06:49 PM
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5 Diocese and Archeparchy of Pit... S Slovak Irishman Junior Member
Slovak Irishman Junior Member S Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5 Diocese and Archeparchy of Pit...	Hello, I am a Roman Catholic and I would like to go to confession in a Byzantine Catholic Church. What is the "procedure" for a BC confession. Roman Catholics enter a confessional and say "Forgive me Father for I have sinned. It has been (however long) since my last confession." Then you confess your sins, the priest absolves you and gives you a penance. How is the Byzantine Catholic method similiar or different than that?

Re: Confession Slovak Irishman #366367 07/05/11 07:24 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 79 USA J JW55 Member
JW55 Member J Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 79 USA	I see that no one has responded to this inquiry. I don't feel qualified to give a response but would also be interested in hearing from someone well versed in this area. Last edited by JW55; 07/05/11 07:24 PM.

Re: Confession JW55 #366398 07/06/11 07:05 AM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 3 Broome county, NY, usa E Elliott Junior Member
Elliott Junior Member E Joined: May 2011 Posts: 3 Broome county, NY, usa	I would like to know more about confession in the Byzantine rite as well. I would be extremely nervous to go not knowing. I would ask the priest at the parish where I have been attending DL on Sunday but he is busy and I don't want to bother him.

Re: Confession Slovak Irishman #366418 07/06/11 12:16 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 396 Texas USA J JimG Member
JimG Member J Joined: May 2010 Posts: 396 Texas USA	This was discussed a few years ago on this forum. It starts with post #283833 but I don't know how to link there.

Re: Confession JimG #366441 07/06/11 06:53 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1,405 Norway L Latin Catholic Member
Latin Catholic Member L Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1,405 Norway	Link

Re: Confession Slovak Irishman #366523 07/08/11 01:32 PM
Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,760 PA Paul B Member
Paul B Member Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,760 PA	Your words of confession as you stated is sufficient. It's not the words that count but the sincerity. Have no fear; you will not be chastised because you used the wrong words.

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