Adoration and Confession

St. John - Confession and Adoration

Monday & Wednesday 4:00 - 5:00pm
Tuesday & Thursday  7:30pm - 8:30pm
Friday 11:00am - Noon

St. Thomas 
Adoration:  Friday 7:00am-3:30pm Benediction
Confession:  Saturday, 3:00pm - 4:00pm Confession 

It is important to distinguish between minor (or venial) sins and serious (or mortal/spiritually deadly) sins.  The goal is to confess our serious sins after our Baptism in kind (i.e., what type of sin--without all the gory details) and number (i.e., did this happen once, twice or approximately weekly for 20 years) as soon as possible and prior to receiving Holy Communion.  You may also confess your more frequent venial sins, but it's more important to focus on the mortal or serious sins that break down our relationship with God.

In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, if a sin is serious, it is referred to as a grave matter.  To sin mortally, the sin must be grave for starters, and you must know that it is a serious sin (at the time) and deliberately consent to the sin.  In other words, there are no accidental mortal sins.  Because of these 3 conditions for mortal sin, the catechism refers to grave matter and lets us figure out if we had full knowledge at the time and deliberate consent so as to sin mortally or not.

 

Part III, Section 2, of the Catechism reviews the Ten Commandments and teaches us about the various sins related to each commandment.  If you are following Fr. Mike Schmitz's The Catechism in a Year podcast, you will go through this section of the catechism in detail.  Otherwise, a thorough Examination of Conscience will help you to discover sins that you may have otherwise forgotten, especially if they were committed years ago.

If you have already confessed a sin, you don't need to re-confess it just because it still bothers you.  Trust in God's Mercy and focus on the sins that you haven't confessed yet. 
If in doubt as to the seriousness of a sin, tell your confessor anyway.  If it truly bothers or embarrasses you, then you need to get it off of your conscience and find peace.

Here is a list of grave matter / potential mortal sins to be confessed, according to
St. Thomas Aquinas, who was quite an expert in moral theology.

 

Here's a guide for "48 Things to do at Adoration"

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Adoration and Confession Times . 
ST. JOHN 
MONDAY            4:00 PM to 5:00 PM 
TUESDAY             7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
WEDNESDAY     4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
THURSDAY         7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
FRIDAY               11:00AM-12:00PM  

ST. THOMAS
FRIDAY (Adoration)           7:00am-3:30pm 
SATURDAY (Confession Only)        3:00 PM to 4:00 PM 
Last all day Friday Adoration for summer is May 19

My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against you whom I should love above all things. I firmly intend, with your help to do penance, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin. Our Savior Jesus Christ suffered and died for us. In his name, my God, have mercy.
 Amen. 

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