PRAYERS FOR CONFESSION
Prayer 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. St. Joseph, pray for me.
Acts of Contrition
Act of Contrition
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins
because of Thy just punishments, but most of all because they offend Thee, my
God, Who art all-good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the
help of Thy grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin.
Act of Contrition
My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. In choosing to do wrong and
failing to do good, I have sinned against you whom I should love above all
things. I firmly intend, with your help, to do penance, to sin no more, and to
avoid whatever leads me to sin. Our Savior Jesus Christ suffered and died for
us. In his name, my God, have mercy.
Act of Contrition
O my God, I am sorry for my sins because I have offended you. I know I should
love you above all things. Help me to do penance, to do better, and to avoid
anything that might lead me to sin. Amen.
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 treasons 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.