[Mrs. Don-o]

As a member of my parish RCIA team, I've written this guide for first/confession for adults who will be receiving the Sacraments at the Paschal Vigil. I hope it might be useful to anyone preparing or helping others to prepare for a Lifetime Confession.

I hope it would be of use to anyone as an Examination of Conscience.

I'm also looking cor constructive comments. Any favorite do's and don't's? How can we make this better?

[Biggirl]

I believed I bookmarked another thread, just like this one, set up I believed by Salvation. Both are of great help to ALL of us getting ready for Holy Easter. Bear with my tiredness, my UConn men won last night.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Useful, I hope?

[wagglebee]

Excellent guide!

[Biggirl]

Correct me both if I am wrong, but I am just trying to think on tired brains.

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Wow, you did a fantastic job of putting this together. Thanks very much!

[Tax-chick]

The examination based on the Seven Deadly Sins is very useful.

[Yudan]

When I converted to Holy Orthodoxy, the adult life confession guides we had were typically centered around the 10 Commandments and The Beatitudes.

The Antiochian Archdiocese publishes a “Little Red Prayer Book” that has a guide in it, and there is a really good one on the GOARCH website.

[Salvation]

this is wxtraordinary. Great work. May I copy it and give it to the RCIA candidate for whom I am a sponsor?

[Sergio]

Thank you...wonderful work you have done. Helpful, and not just for first timers.

[johngrace]

I went to confession with a mature elderly priest. I confessed my sins. He gives absolution. I go to leave the room. While I am at the door. He says wellllll. I look back saying welll what? Real blood!! He fell off the church laffing. He goes well any one else outside. LOL!!

[SuziQ]

An excellent list! With your permission, I'd like to share it with my Confirmation students. Our classes are over, but I'll e-mail it to them. I'd talked about Penance during several of the classes, and we even talked about Examination of Conscience.

The guide you've written is quite relevant to where folks are nowadays, and I know I can see myself in some of those statements. I'll print it out and study it before MY next confession!

[mlizzy]

Excellent post in every way! Thank you!

As confession is not initially easy (as you noted), I once thought of taking a train into Chicago to confess at St. Peter's. They have confession Monday–Friday from 7:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 12 noon – 4:30 p.m., and every time I've been there (easy-peasy to get there by train and short walk), there have been people in the confessional and praying in the pews.

Also, I received this short video just yesterday via email on the subject of confession. The young man in the video is a seminarian.

[fixittech]

I’m so happy I found this. As I write this I am preparing for my first confession tonight. God bless, and I hope to find more of your content around!

[jaydubya2]

Thank you Mrs. Don-o,

I am giving my first confession tonight and found this very helpful!

[Salvation]

Almost time for this again — so here’s a BTTT!

[Wpin]

Thank you for posting this, I found it very helpful! God bless you!

I am 60 years old and making my first confession and feel a bit overwhelmed. Your post helped me get my mind in order.