Prayer for a Good Confession
From The Ursuline Manual, 1841 Tools
A Prayer to beg of God the grace to make a good Confession
Source
| Printed in | The Ursuline Manual |
|---|---|
| Imprint | Dublin, Ric.d Coyne, 4 Capel Strt. (printer and bookseller to the R.C. College of St. Pat.k Maynooth, and publisher to the R.C. Bishops of Ireland), 1841 |
| Scan | the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Approbation signed Thomas R. England, P.P., dated "Cork, April 14th, 1823". Written "by the desire of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Murphy, the R.C. Bishop of Cork" after perusing the Manuscript of the work. It is not labelled imprimatur or nihil obstat, and neither word appears on the rendered leaves. |
| Transcription | Transcribed from the scan of the 1841 edition. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- a good confession
Rembrandt, Return of the Prodigal Son, 1636. Cleveland Museum of Art.
O MY God! and most liberal Benefactor! how can I present myself before thee, loaded as I am with sin, and above all debased by the crime of ingratitude for thy innumerable mercies! But thou art my Creator, thou knowest the miseries of my soul; thou seest how often I have abused the greatest graces, how unworthy I am of thy favours; yet notwithstanding thou still desirest not the death of me a wretched sinner, but rather that I be converted and live. If thou didst not ardently love me, thou wouldst not now invite me to return to thee, nor offer me a pardon I have so little deserved. O my good God! since I could not conceive the desire of regaining thy friendship without thy grace, vouchsafe to finish thy own work, and to assist me in preparing for this confession. Teach me to conceive and tremble at the danger in which I have been too often, of eternal separation from thee. O let the misery of those unhappy souls, to whom repentance is now impossible, yet who once had the same advantages I enjoy, awaken me to all the exertions necessary for making a good confession, and do not permit that my negligence or insensibility should frustrate the designs of thy infinite mercy.
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