Prayers after Confession
From The Catholic's Vade Mecum, 1851 Tools
Source
| Printed in | The Catholic's Vade Mecum |
|---|---|
| Imprint | London, Burns & Lambert, 17 Portman Street (London); with Birmingham: Lander and Co. and Bristol: S. Reader named as additional booksellers on the title page, 1851 |
| Scan | the Internet Archive copy |
| Transcription | Transcribed from the scan of the 1851 edition. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- forgiveness of sins, contrition, a good confession, amendment of life, avoiding sin, perseverance
Rembrandt, Return of the Prodigal Son, 1636. Cleveland Museum of Art.
Accept, O Lord, I beseech thee, this my confession, and mercifully pardon all my deficiencies, that, according to the greatness of thy mercy, I may be fully and perfectly absolved in heaven; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, &c.
Or,
O almighty and most merciful God, who, according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, hast vouchsafed once more to receive thy prodigal child, after so many times going astray from thee, and to admit me to this sacrament of reconciliation; I give thee thanks with all the powers of my soul for this and all other mercies, graces, and blessings bestowed on me; and prostrating myself at thy sacred feet, I offer myself to be henceforth for ever thine. Oh! let nothing in life or death ever separate me from thee. I renounce with my whole soul all my treasons against thee, 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 thy love and service. Oh! grant that for the time to come I may abhor 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 thy divine grace, without which I can do nothing. I beg thy blessing upon these my resolutions, that they may not be ineffectual, like so many others I have formerly made; for, O Lord, without thee I am nothing but misery and sin. Supply also, by thy mercy, whatever defects have been in this my confession, and give me grace to be now and always a true penitent, through the same Jesus Christ thy Son. Amen.
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