Excess guilt felt by Catholics and lapsed Catholics
Catholic guilt is the reported excess guilt felt by Catholics and lapsed Catholics.[1] Guilt is remorse for having committed some offense or wrong, real or imagined.[2] It is related to, although distinguishable from, "shame", in that the former involves an awareness of causing injury to another, while the latter arises from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, or ridiculous, done by oneself. One might feel guilty for having hurt someone, and also ashamed of oneself for having done so.[3] Philip Yancey, a spiritual author who often writes about the Christian faith, has said of guilt that it "is only a symptom; we listen to it because it drives us toward the cure[4]". [citation needed]
The Penitential Act at the beginning of Mass is a liturgical rudiment of this previously sacramental Confession. Private confession to an ordained priest became the normal form of this sacrament, with a strict seal of secrecy on the part of the priest. Sometimes, the practice of the sacrament emphasized doing acts of penance, or making one's sorrow or contrition authentic. Sometimes, it emphasized confessing all of one's serious or “mortal” sins, sometimes it emphasized the power of the priest, acting In persona Christi, to absolve the penitent of sins. Currently, there are forms that include one-on-one Confession to a priest, or communal preparation preceding a one-on-one Confession.[5] After the practice of confession declined in the 1970s, it became common for Catholic theologians and clergy to attribute this to a loss of "healthy guilt".[6]
^Stravinskas, Peter (1990). Catholic Answer Book. Our Sunday Visitor. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-87973-458-9.
^"Definition of GUILT". www.merriam-webster.com. 22 April 2024.
^"The Difference Between Guilt and Shame". Psychology Today.
^Yancey, By Philip. "Can Guilt Be a Good Thing?". Today's Christian Woman. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
^Gula, Richard M. (1984-05-01). To Walk Together Again: The Sacrament of Reconciliation. Paulist Press. ISBN 978-0-8091-2603-3.
^Stotts, Jonathan (5 June 2019). "Obedience as Belonging: Catholic Guilt and Frequent Confession in America". Religions. 10 (6). MDPI AG: 370. doi:10.3390/rel10060370. ISSN 2077-1444.
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