After he had received instruction, he made a general confession of his entire life; and our Lord was pleased to restore him to complete health of body, as He had already deigned to give him health of soul.
He made a general confession, and began a new life, to the wonder of those who knew him.
I began to prepare for my general confession, and to write out all the evil and all the good: a history of my life, as clearly as I understood it, and knew how to make it, omitting nothing whatever.
When he had gained the affection of Segueyra, he spoke to him of eternity with so much power, that the young gentleman entered into serious thoughts, and made a general confession to him.
In effect, before they departed out of the wood, he made a general confession to the father, with sincere contrition for his sins, and afterwards lived with the exemplary behaviour and practice of a good Christian.
By these words he brought the soldier to a general confession.
She was told that she had done amiss, and dealt wickedly; she was obliged to make a general confession, and was condemned to a life-long penance in this convent.
I wish to make a general confession of all my sins," said I, "that I may obtain the benefit of absolution, and receive the Holy Eucharist on the morrow.
Thus, he who has made bad confessions for three months must make a general confession of that period of time.
For the first time the confessor may permit a general confession of the past life, if the scrupulous penitent has fears about previous confessions and has not already made such a general confession.
Upon this they returned quietly enough to their wine, and I drove off with my general confession to the vicar of Saint Sulpice.
Such already was the happy result of my perpetual masses, my general confession, and my three hours' interview with the vicar of Saint Sulpice.
A general confession is the telling of the sins of our whole life or a great part of it.
This is the rule with regard to our ordinary confessions; but we should sometimes make a general confession.
We promise to do penance for the past and to avoid sin for the future; and thus we are benefited in general confession by this judgment of ourselves, as we may call it.
A general confession may be necessary, useful, or hurtful.
He ordered all, before they are admitted, to employ a month for a general confessionand a spiritual exercise.
To this experienced director, Ignatius addressed himself, and after his preparation, was three days in making to him a general confession, which he often interrupted by the abundance of his tears.
The zealous priest, by carefully examining his penitent, found it necessary to advise him to make a general confession, with which the other joyfully complied.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "general confession" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
