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To: P-Marlowe
Is that a pamphlet that you can just hand to the Priest?

No. The pamphlet is a step by step guide to Confession, including the Act of Contrition. The Act of Contrition is a very important prayer. It asks God to forgive us and bring us closer to Him. Catholics should pray it on a daily basis.

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee,
and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell;
but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who are all good and deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life.

Amen.

24 posted on 12/20/2005 1:54:01 PM PST by NYer ("Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion")
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To: NYer

"I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life."

A little lax, compared with the old Latin version.

Ideo firmiter propono, adiuvante gratia Tua, de cetero me non peccaturum, peccandique occasiones proximas fugiturum.


43 posted on 12/21/2005 7:20:44 AM PST by dsc (‚³‚æ‚­‚µ‚ñ‚¶‚Ü‚¦)
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