Priest forgot to give me a penance

[Spooky]

So I finally went to Confession, finally. I had a lot of sins. So many, I think, the priest forgot to give me a penance. What should one do in this situation?

(everything else about the sacrament was normal i.e. Act of Contrition, Absolution etc)

[Mithrandylan]

Nothing.

If there's no penance, there's no penance.  Go and sin no more!

[Penelope]

You can always do one on your own, of course. Rather here than in purgatory, right? This is something that I need to remember for myself more often.

[Spooky]

You can always do one on your own, of course. Rather here than in purgatory, right? This is something that I need to remember for myself more often.

Ain't that the truth! My son got a decade of the Rosary for a penance; I'll do that with him.

[Kaesekopf]

I read somewhere that one should be hesitant to do "more" than what is prescribed as a penance to avoid growing spiritually pride. 

[Eliza]

I read somewhere that one should be hesitant to do "more" than what is prescribed as a penance to avoid growing spiritually pride.

Huh. That's interesting. I could see that being true. I suppose it depends on the penance, sometimes, don't you think? For example, last week my penance was to say 3 decades of the rosary, but I decided to say 5. May as well, I thought. I think that's alright.

[Kaesekopf]

I read somewhere that one should be hesitant to do "more" than what is prescribed as a penance to avoid growing spiritually pride.

Huh. That's interesting. I could see that being true. I suppose it depends on the penance, sometimes, don't you think? For example, last week my penance was to say 3 decades of the rosary, but I decided to say 5. May as well, I thought. I think that's alright.

Haha, yes, understandable!

I think the condition on the recommendation was to avoid being like "Oh look at me, I am better than 'just' 5 Paters and Aves, I did 20!"

[tmw89]

I tend to say a few extra of the given prayer in case I've miscounted - which I know I am prone to do!  Better safe than sorry is my general philosophy.

So... yes, I say a few extra, but not so much out of pride as knowing I lose count easily.  Wow.  Sounds lame when I re-read it...

[Eliza]

I tend to say a few extra of the given prayer in case I've miscounted - which I know I am prone to do!  Better safe than sorry is my general philosophy.

So... yes, I say a few extra, but not so much out of pride as knowing I lose count easily.  Wow.  Sounds lame when I re-read it...

Ha, yes. I miscount all the time. Sometimes when i don't have my rosary with me, and I have some extra time on my hands and decide to say it, I'm pretty sure on some decades 13 or 14 Hail Mary's get said because I lose track and want to make sure I said the full 10.

[Penelope]

Ha, yes. I miscount all the time. Sometimes when i don't have my rosary with me, and I have some extra time on my hands and decide to say it, I'm pretty sure on some decades 13 or 14 Hail Mary's get said because I lose track and want to make sure I said the full 10.

Haha, yeah, I do this, too.

[poche]

Be greatful to God in His mercy and sin no more.

[kayla_veronica]

I read somewhere that one should be hesitant to do "more" than what is prescribed as a penance to avoid growing spiritually pride.

I read that too, but what I took from it that the mentality of "the priest didn't give me enough of a penance, I have to do more," was being called out. We can do penance without even going to confession by offering our sufferings up, etc. We all of have temporal punishment to serve and like Penelope said, better to do it here than in purgatory.

[Cesar_Augustus]

A couple of years ago I read that one has to ask for penance in case that we are not given one. Is relieving to read that one doesn't need to worry about the lack of penance. If only I knew that some months ago.

[tmw89]

A couple of years ago I read that one has to ask for penance in case that we are not given one. Is relieving to read that one doesn't need to worry about the lack of penance. If only I knew that some months ago.

Can you recall the book you'd read, Cesar?

[Cesar_Augustus]

A couple of years ago I read that one has to ask for penance in case that we are not given one. Is relieving to read that one doesn't need to worry about the lack of penance. If only I knew that some months ago.

Can you recall the book you'd read, Cesar?

It wasn't in a book. It was in a spanish Catholic forum.