Message from @Petranadon
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Unless a priest is breaking canon law, you have every obligation to follow his issued penance.
Nothing is stopping you from doing more yourself, but you shouldn't feel insulted.
I'm not disputing the necessity of following the penance described
But I don't agree with you that it's based on capability alone
I'm only insulted if it's solely judged on capability
You shouldn't be insulted. Exercise humility.
If you don't receive any penance whatsoever, you ought to ask for some.
I mean, penance is a vital part of one's salvation.
If it's based on necessity though, then I see the need to exercise humility from a light penance. But I can still wonder when it's a particular priest giving light ones when the same sin earns me a rosary for a week from another
Well, believe it or not, priests aren't one collective mind.
What's the point in distinguishing degrees of sin when they are being treated the same? Shouldn't a more severe one elicit more penance just like it damages the relationship with God more severely?
No need to ask
It is neither here nor there what sin he committed.
That's not right.
Unless he is your designated confessor, he should not repeat sins mentioned in another confession.
Well, he can't exactly stop that. But he is still forbidden from mentioning such.
I don't mind since it's so common and it's almost routed out. Impurity with self
If he does, it's probably him needing confession.
Sins must be repeated from an earlier confession if a sin was knowingly omitted in it
Yes
Repeated by you, not your confessor.
They shouldn't.
That's not a valid excuse.
I can't talk to someone other than my primary confessor against my personal weaknesses? Guess my spiritual director's screwed.
Also isn't it written that God too eventually tries of our repeated offenses?
If you keep repeating a sin after a considerable amount of confessions you’re not really repenting
And the more an offense is repeated the more evidence that it's an entrenched problem that needs harsher measures to curb
And what Mawler said, your ability to be contrite erodes with each repitition
If you keep doing it, it would raise doubts regarding actual intentions
Remember that confession begins in one’s self
@MawLr not necessarily true. Look at St Mark Ji Tianxiang.
Habitual sin is a terrible cross to bear.
That’s alsp true
Also
@Petranadon not once did I dictate who you can and can't discuss your sins with. Please do not put words into my mouth.
If you wish to, it is your duty to bring it up, not the priest hearing your confession.
He may ask you if it is a habitual sin, but he may not say "I remember you confessed this last time".
That’d be pretty odd
I was trying to verify what you meant by "Repeated by you, not your confessor."
It would be a grave violation of canon law. More than "pretty odd".