others, with relatives or strangers, with persons married or single,
&c., because these circumstances change them from one kind of impurity
to another.

Q. 792. {214} What should we do if we cannot remember the number of our
sins?
A. If we cannot remember the number of our sins, we should tell the
number as nearly as possible, and say how often we may have sinned in a
day, a week, or a month, and how long the habit or practice has lasted.

Q. 793. {215} Is our Confession worthy if, without our fault, we forget
to confess a mortal sin?
A. If without our fault we forget to confess a mortal sin, our
Confession is worthy, and the sin is forgiven; but it must be told in
Confession if it again comes to our mind.

Q. 794. May a person who has forgotten to tell a mortal sin in
confession go to Holy Communion before going again to confession?
A. A person who has forgotten to tell a mortal sin in confession may go
to communion before again going to confession, because the forgotten sin
was forgiven with those confessed, and the confession was good and
worthy.

Q. 795. {216} Is it a grievous offense wilfully to conceal a mortal sin
in Confession?
A. It is a grievous offense wilfully to conceal a mortal sin in
Confession, because we thereby tell a lie to the Holy Ghost, and make
our Confession worthless.

Q. 796. How is concealing a sin telling a lie to the Holy Ghost?
A. Concealing a sin is telling a lie to the Holy Ghost, because he who
conceals the sin declares in confession to God and the priest that he
committed no sins but what he has confessed, while the Holy Ghost, the
Spirit of Truth, saw him committing the sin he now conceals and still
sees it in his soul while he denies it.

Q. 797. Why is it foolish to conceal sins in confession?
A. It is foolish to conceal sins in confession: (1) Because we thereby
make our spiritual condition worse; (2) We must tell the sin sometime if
we ever hope to be saved; (3) It will be made known on the day of
judgment, before the world, whether we conceal it now or confess it.

Q. 798. {217} What must he do who has wilfully concealed a mortal sin
in Confession?
A. He who has wilfully concealed a mortal sin in Confession must not
only confess it, but must also repeat all the sins he has committed
since his last worthy Confession.

Q. 799. Must one who has wilfully concealed a mortal sin in confession
do more than repeat the sins committed since his last worthy confession?
A. One w