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Form of First Confession

This document provides guidance for a first confession, including an outline of the process and prayers. It begins with welcoming the penitent and instructing them to confess their sins, expressing sorrow and resolving to sin no more. The priest then assigns a penance and absolves the penitent of their sins. It concludes by explaining the key aspects of confession and providing common prayers used in the sacrament.

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Form of First Confession

This document provides guidance for a first confession, including an outline of the process and prayers. It begins with welcoming the penitent and instructing them to confess their sins, expressing sorrow and resolving to sin no more. The priest then assigns a penance and absolves the penitent of their sins. It concludes by explaining the key aspects of confession and providing common prayers used in the sacrament.

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Form of First Confession

(You are the penitent; explanations and directions are in italics.)

Priest: “Good evening” (or similar words of welcome).


Penitent: “Good evening, Father.” (Then make the Sign of the Cross
and as you say the following.) “In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.”

Priest: “May the Lord help you to confess your sins” (or similar words.)
Penitent: “Amen.” (Then begin your confession.) “Forgive me, Father,
for I have sinned. This is my first confession.” (If this is
not your first confession, then tell how long it has been since
your last confession. If you can’t remember, tell that to the
priest. Next, confess your sins. Make known how often the sin
is committed, e.g., once, twice, sometimes, often.) “I am
sorry for all my sins.”

Priest: (The priest may talk to the penitent.) “For your penance . . .”
Penitent: (If the Priest asks you to pray an Act of Contrition) O my God,
I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I
detest all my sins because of Your just punishments.
But most of all because they offend You, my God, who
are all-good and deserving of all my love. I firmly
resolve, with the help of Your grace, to sin no more and
to avoid the near occasions of sin.

Priest: “God the Father of mercies . . . I absolve you from your sins, in
the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
(Penitent makes the Sign of the Cross while the priest says
these words.)
Penitent: “Amen.”
Priest: (optional) “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good.”
Penitent: “For His mercy endures forever.”
Priest: “Go in peace.”
Penitent: “Thank you, Father.” (The penitent leaves and says the
penance that the priest has given.)
(over)
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Explanation of Terms
Examination of
conscience: We think about what we have said and done and how
we may have sinned.
Confession of sins: We tell the priest all our sins and express our sorrow.
Penance: The priest talks to us about our sins and gives us a
penance, which could be a prayer or an invitation to
help others.
Act of Contrition : Through this prayer of sorrow, we ask God to forgive
us.
Absolution: The priest says the prayer for the forgiveness of sins.

Prayers
Act of Contrition Our Father
O my God, Our Father, who art in heaven,
I am heartily sorry hallowed be Thy name; Thy
for having offended You, kingdom come; Thy will be done
and I detest all my sins on earth as it is in heaven.
because of Your just punishments. Give us this day our daily bread;
But most of all because they offend and forgive us our trespasses
You, my God, as we forgive those who trespass
who are all-good and deserving trespass against us;
of all my love. I firmly resolve, and lead us not into temptation,
with the help of Your grace, but deliver us from evil. AMEN.
to sin no more and to avoid
the near occasions of sin. AMEN. Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace,
Glory to the Father the Lord is with you;
Glory to the Father, blessed are you among women,
and to the Son, and blessed is the fruit of your
and to the Holy Spirit. womb, Jesus.
As it was in the beginning, Holy Mary, Mother of God,
is now, and will be forever. AMEN. pray for us sinners now
(You may use the Glory to the Father your family is more familiar with.) and at the hour of our death. AMEN

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