Prayers at Confession/Penance
Before Confession:
Receive my confession, O most loving and gracious Lord Jesus Christ, only hope
for the salvation of my soul. Grant to me true contrition of soul, so that day and
night I may by penance make satisfaction for my many sins.

Savior of the world, O good Jesus, Who gave Yourself to the death of the Cross
to save sinners, look upon me, most wretched of all sinners; have pity on me, and
give me the light to know my sins, true sorrow for them, and a firm purpose of
never committing them again.

O gracious Virgin Mary, Immaculate Mother of Jesus, I implore you to obtain for
me by your powerful intercession these graces from you Divine Son.


After Confession:
O almighty and most merciful God, I give You thanks with all the powers of my soul for this and all other mercies, graces, and blessings bestowed on me, and prostrating myself at Your sacred feet, I offer myself to be henceforth forever Yours. Let nothing in life or death ever separate me from You! I renounce with my whole soul all my treason against You, and all the abominations and sins of my past life. I renew my promises made in Baptism, and from this moment I dedicate myself eternally to Your love and service. Grant that for the time to come, I may detest sin more than death itself, and avoid all such occasions and companies as have unhappily brought me to it. This I resolve to do by the aid of Your divine grace, without which I can do nothing. Amen.

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