![]() In confession we bring everything we wish we had never done, and Christ's merciful love wipes these things from our soul as if we had never done them: "As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our sins from us" (Psalm 103:12). Leave the confessional and do your penance. ![]() Our Savior Jesus Christ suffered and died for us. I firmly intend, with your help, 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. My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. Then he will give you your penance (usually a prayer or an act of charity) and ask you to pray an act of contrition. You may close by saying something like, “For these and all my sins I am sorry.” It is good to begin with your most serious sins. Make certain that you confess all your mortal (serious) sins and the number of them. ![]() Once you go in, the priest may start with a prayer.īegin by saying, “Father forgive me, it has been _ weeks/months/years since my last confession.”Ĭonfess your sins to the priest. Forgive me Father.Examine your conscience (see below) before you enter the confessional.If You Believe Then Why Aren't You Eating?" 19th S.Five Reasons We Need Eucharist: 20th Sunday in Ord.The Truth is Out There: The 21st Sunday of Ordinar.Living in a Catholic Cave: A Reflection on the Twe.It's a great gift that Jesus and every time I go I want to say to all my Protestant brothers and sisters-na na na na booooo booo!!! The second Saturday of the month from 3:30-4:30 isn't going to encourage anyone to go!!Ĭonfession-ahhhhh, what a feeling. Actually-there are two things: PUSH CONFESSION!!!! Encourage it!! The second request is: have confession more regularly. There you are done!!! There is nothing like a clean slate. My biggest penance was "read the book of Genesis." What the heck!?!?! (It was my first one by the way) It's nothing that big-normally like 10 Our Father's and 10 Hail Mary's. The priest will give you some sort of penance. I know it's wordy and sounds stupid with the thee's and stuff-but that's what I learned when I was a teenager and it's stuck And I firmly resolve to go forth and sin no more. I fear the fires of Hell but most of all because it offends Thee my God who art all good and deserving of all my love. I usually say something along the lines of, "Oh my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee. ![]() You can find this simple prayer on line or say what you wish out of your heart. He will finally ask you to say an Act of Contrition.The priest then may say some words-give you guidance and finally, the best part-the words of absolution.You are forgiven anyway for things you may have forgotten anyway but I just like to finish off. I usually finish off with "and for other sins that I may have forgotten. That way I don't forgive them and besides-you are there to confession them not try to hide them. I usually like to get the big ones out of the way first. If it's been 12 years then fantastic!! You are here now-that's the important part. It's been (amount of time) since my last confession. The priest may say a few words and you simply start off by saying, "Forgive me Father for I have sinned.You can go face to face or with a screen. Don't know where or when to go? Go to and find someplace. Larry talks about confession (hence the name of the CD) and give a quick list of things that you may have done and not realized it such as have you ever Larry's CD on Confession that can be found here at. There are plenty of places, resources you can go to find. You may think you only have one thing to say but examine your conscience and think of other sins. It isn't difficult and if it's been a while here are X simple steps for confession.
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