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Prayers

Sacrament of Confession

1. Prayer to the Holy Spirit before Confession Supplication to the Holy Spirit before making the examination and approaching the confessor — asking for light, sorrow, and humility.
2. Examination of Conscience according to the Ten Commandments Examination of conscience structured according to the Ten Commandments and the Precepts of the Church — a reliable basis for an integral confession.
3. Perfect Act of Contrition (motive of love) Act of Contrition motivated by the love of God in himself — the supreme form of contrition, which remits even mortal sins when it contains the purpose of confessing.
4. Supplication for the gift of contrition — with a fragment of the Miserere Supplication to ask God for the very gift of contrition before confession — with the opening fragment of the Miserere Psalm.
5. Thanksgiving prayer after Absolution Prayer to savour the gift of Absolution and to ask for perseverance in the way of grace until the next confession.