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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Never. I think the last time I went I was in high school. [/quote]

This.  I don't need a priest to communicate with God. [/quote]

Maybe not but you definitely need a priest in order to receive the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.[/quote]

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So, a priest has the power to keep God's forgiveness from you?[/quote]

No, I don't think that's how it works.  The priest has the power to grant God's forgiveness, as Jesus conveyed that power to his disciples at the Last Supper.  God can still forgive you, but you're sort of rolling the dice there.  I think C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce is a really interesting though piece on post-death forgiveness of sins.  Obviously, he wasn't a Catholic, but I think his work is not inconsistent with Catholic teachings.[/quote]

Se below, if you're Catholic you need a priest for forgiveness[/quote]

I am Catholic, and I still think you're a little incorrect.  The quote that you or another poster posted just says that if you die unrepentent you are going to hell.  But let's say you committed a sin the day before you are hit by a truck.  You are very repentant, but haven't had a chance to go to confession.  Are you still going straight to hell?  I think not.  I don't think there's anything in Catholic dogma that says that God himself does not have the power to forgive.  By not going to confession, you're just giving up a golden opportunity to get a clean slate and avoid going to St. Peter with a super long list of things that you are repentant for, but never got around to repenting for during your time on earth.  
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Such people don't go straight to Heaven.

"All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven. The Church gives the name purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is [b]entirely different from the punishment of the damned"[/b] (CCC 1030–1). 
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It feels the same, it just doesn't last as long.

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