Confession
Making a Good Confession
Five Steps for a Good Confession
1. Examine your conscience.
2. Be sincerely sorry for your sins.
3. Confess your sins to a priest
4. Resolve to amend your life.
5. After your confession, do the penance the priest assigns.
Procedure in the Confessional
You say: "Bless me, Father for I have sinned. It has been (state the length of time since your last confession) since my last confession. These are my sins."
Confess your mortal sins and the number of times committed.
Confess the venial sins you have committed since your last confession.
After you have finished telling your sins, you should say:
"For these and all the sins of my past, I am truly sorry."
The priest will now give the necessary advice, assign your penance and ask you to say the Act of Contrition (in some form).
Wait and listen as the priest gives the absolution.
You say, "Thank you, Father", then leave the confessional and perform the penance assigned by the priest.
1. Examine your conscience.
2. Be sincerely sorry for your sins.
3. Confess your sins to a priest
4. Resolve to amend your life.
5. After your confession, do the penance the priest assigns.
Procedure in the Confessional
You say: "Bless me, Father for I have sinned. It has been (state the length of time since your last confession) since my last confession. These are my sins."
Confess your mortal sins and the number of times committed.
Confess the venial sins you have committed since your last confession.
After you have finished telling your sins, you should say:
"For these and all the sins of my past, I am truly sorry."
The priest will now give the necessary advice, assign your penance and ask you to say the Act of Contrition (in some form).
Wait and listen as the priest gives the absolution.
You say, "Thank you, Father", then leave the confessional and perform the penance assigned by the priest.