The Confiteor (I Confess)

I Confess (Confiteor)

It is prayed at the beginning of Mass, to ask forgiveness from God and from one another. It can also be prayed as part of night prayer.

I confess to almighty God
and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have greatly sinned,
in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done
and in what I have failed to do,
through my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous fault;
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin,
all the Angels and Saints,
and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord our God.

The Roman Missal, Introductory Rites, Penitential Act, Form A, as printed by the USCCB Committee on Divine Worship (Newsletter, July 2011, usccb.org)