How to go to Confession
Examination of conscience.
Kneel in church and ask God to help you know your sins. Try to
remember, as well as you can, what sins you have committed since your
last Confession and how many times or how often you committed each
one. Tell God that you are sorry for your sins. Then go over to the
confessional booth and pray while waiting your turn to go in.
In the confessional.
Kneel down and wait until the priest opens the little window. Make
the Sign of the Cross and say: "Forgive me, Father for I have
sinned; it is one week (or one month or whatever length of time it
is) since my last Confession. I accuse myself of the following sins."
Name the sins and tell how many times you committed each one. Then
say: "I am sorry for these sins and all the sins of my whole life,
especially..." (here name some sin already confessed).
The priest will then give you some prayers as penance, and perhaps
advise you. While the priest is saying the words of forgiveness
("absolution"), you should say the Act of Contrition.
Then the priest will say, "God bless you", or "Go in peace", or
something like that. You say, "Thank you, Father", make the Sign of
the Cross and go out of the confessional.
After your Confession.
Go back to your pew, kneel down, say your penance and thank God
for the Sacrament of Penance.
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 occasion of sin. Amen
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