The penitent makes the sign of the Cross and answers: Amen. God, the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins through the ministry of the Church may God give you pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son + and of the Holy Spirit. In His Name, O Lord, have mercy.Īfter this the priest will absolve the penitent in the following words: Our Savior, Jesus Christ, suffered and died for us. I firmly intend, with the help of your grace, to do penance, to sin no more and to avoid whatever leads me to sin. In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against you, whom I should love above all things. O My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. The penitent may do so in his or her own words, or may say one of many memorized acts of contrition like the following: Then he will ask the penitent to make an act of contrition. For the confession to be valid, the penitent must confess all of the mortal sins he or she is aware of having committed since the last confession, be sorry for them, and have a firm purpose of amendment to try not to commit the same sins in the future.Īfter this, the priest will generally give some advice to the penitent and impose a penance. The penitent then states his or her sins. It has been (however many days, weeks, months or years) since my last confession. The priest may read or say a passage from Sacred Scripture after which the penitent then states:įorgive me, Father, for I have sinned. May the Lord be in your heart and help you to confess your sins with true sorrow. The priest urges the penitent to have confidence in God with these or similar words: In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The penitent and the priest begin with the sign of the Cross, saying:
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