All you need to do to receive forgiveness of sins
“YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN. GO TO PEACE "(cf. Lk 7,48-50)
To celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation
God loves us and wants us free from evil.
This is why he sent Jesus Christ into the world
to take upon ourselves our sins and give us
the Holy Spirit to be his children.
Brother, therefore, humbly recognize your sins
and confidently welcome his forgiveness.
Prayer
O God our salvation, than with the Cross of Your Son
you broke the yoke of sin, help me feel the
burden of my faults and to confess them with humility.
Give me the joy of being saved to praise Yours
mercy and live in your peace. Amen.
CONSCIOUSNESS EXAMINATION
"You will love the Lord your God with all your heart"
Do I thank God every day for the gift of life and pray in the morning and evening? Do I remember the Lord during the day?
Do I live daily difficulties with faith or am I discouraged?
What place does God have in my work, in my personal and family interests?
Do I try to deepen my faith in Jesus Christ by reading the Gospel and participating in some parish initiative?
Have I trusted superstitious beliefs: magicians, evil eye, bills, spirit sessions, religious sects?
Did I blaspheme or name without respect the name of God, of Jesus, of Mary, of the Saints?
Did I omit Sunday Mass? Do I participate with faith and attention, trying to make it become a living and active reality in my life?
Do I confess frequently?
Did I have Communion despite having serious sins not yet confessed?
"You will love your neighbor as tea itself"
Do I sincerely love the people in my family?
Have I been faithful in marriage?
Did I procure or recommend an abortion?
Do I live the time of engagement in a Christian way?
Do I take care of the elderly and the weakest?
Did I hurt with lies, slander, theft, violence, injustice, hatred?
Did I apologize when I offended someone? Have I sincerely forgiven the offenses received?
Am I honest in my work? Do I contribute to the social good by paying taxes?
Do I practice charity for the poor?
Do I take care of my parish by making myself available for some service (poor, sick, elderly, marginalized)?
Am I a witness of my faith in the workplace, at the bar, with friends?
Do I love the Church to which Jesus Christ entrusted the work of salvation, despite its limitations and imperfections?
Do I limit myself to criticizing the evil in the world or do I commit myself to overcome it as much as I can?
"Be perfect as your Father in heaven"
Do I try to correct my selfish passions: pride, avarice, envy, anger, sensuality, gluttony, laziness?
Did I respect my body and that of others?
Have I avoided immoral shows?
Have I tried to know my vocation (lay, married, consecrated) and am I realizing it?
FOR A GOOD CONFESSION requires:
Examination of conscience
since the last confession.
Pain of sins
for turning away from God,
and sincere intention to avoid them.
Accuse of sins
humbly made to the confessor.
Penance
suggested by the confessor as reparation for the evil done and commitment to Christian life.
ACT OF PAIN
My God I repent and I regret with all
Heart of my sins because by sinning I have
deserved your punishments and much more why
I have offended Tea, infinitely good and worthy
to be loved above all else.
I propose with your holy help not to
never offend you again and escape the opportunities
neighbor of sin.
Lord mercy, forgive me.
The priest gives absolution:
Sac .: And I ABSOLVE YOU FROM YOUR SINS IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN.
BY THE FRIARS MINOR OF THE PORZIUNCOLA