A Sample Confession
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You've examined
your conscience and are truly contrite.
You enter the confessional and kneel.
You can barely see the priest through the grille:
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You:
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(after kneeling
down, you cross yourself and say softly) Bless me, Father, for I have
sinned. It's been two weeks since my last confession, and I accuse
myself of the following sins:
I took the larger piece of cake when I knew my sister was hungry and
there were only two pieces left. Once I watched a movie that was
causing me to have lustful thoughts, and did nothing to stop it. I
missed Mass last week. |
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Priest:
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Why did you miss
Mass? |
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You:
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I'd been up all
night before and was just extremely tired. |
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Priest:
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I see... |
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You:
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Oh, and I lied
to a cop when he asked if I knew how fast I was driving.
For these and all the sins of my past life, I ask pardon of God,
penance, and absolution from you, Father (or your own words to this
effect, such as "That's all, Father. I ask for absolution.") |
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Priest:
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Alright. Say
five Our Fathers for your penance. |
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You:
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Thank you,
Father. |
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You:
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 avoid
the near occasions of sin. Amen. (or your own words to this effect,
even something as simple as "I'm really sorry for all my sins and,
because I love God, I will try not to sin anymore.")
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Priest:
Dominus noster Jesus Christus te absolvat; et ego auctoritate ipsius te
absolvo ab omni vinculo excommunicationis (suspensionis) et interdicti
in quantum possum et tu indiges. [making the Sign of the Cross:]
Deinde, ego te absolvo a peccatis tuis in nomine Patris, et Filii,
et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.
Passio Domini
nostri Jesu Christi, merita Beatae Mariae Virginis et omnium sanctorum,
quidquid boni feceris vel mail sustinueris sint tibi in remissionem
peccatorum, augmentum gratiae et praemium vitae aeternae.
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Priest:
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Go in peace. |
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You:
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Thank you so
much, Father (cross yourself) |
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You leave the
confessional, carry out your penance as soon as possible,
and do all you can to sin no more and stay away from near occasions of
sin.
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