Saints LightThe Confiteor (I Confess)
This is the older form of the Confiteor, said at the start of the traditional Latin Mass and printed in the Baltimore Catechism; the Mass today uses a shorter form of the same prayer. Pray it at the end of the day or before Confession, striking your breast at the words "through my fault" as Catholics have long done.
The prayer
I confess to almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.
Therefore I beseech blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, to pray to the Lord our God for me. Amen.
In Latin
Confiteor Deo omnipotenti, beatae Mariae semper Virgini, beato Michaeli Archangelo, beato Ioanni Baptistae, sanctis Apostolis Petro et Paulo, omnibus Sanctis, quia peccavi nimis cogitatione, verbo et opere: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
Pray it this week
Tonight, before you sleep, look back over the day for one minute and then pray the Confiteor.
More in At Mass
- Anima Christi (Soul of Christ)
- Act of Spiritual Communion
- Prayer Before Mass (St Ambrose)
- Prayer Before Communion (St Thomas Aquinas)
- Thanksgiving After Communion (St Thomas Aquinas)
- O Sacrament Most Holy
- The Gloria
- The Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy)
- The Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)
- Prayer for a Visit to the Blessed Sacrament
- The whole Prayer Book
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