What do you do in confession?

Answer 1

In the Catholic faith, confession is a sacrament where a person confesses their sins to a priest, who acts as a representative of God and the Church. The penitent expresses contrition for their sins, receives guidance and counsel, and then is given a penance to perform as a sign of their repentance. The priest then offers absolution, granting forgiveness of sins in the name of God.

Answer 2

1.)examine your conscience. 2.)be sincerely sorry for our sins. 3.)confess your sins to the best of your ability. 4.)resolve to amend your life. 5.)after your confession,do the penance the priest gives you.

Answer 3

Roman Catholic AnswerWhen you go to confession, you ask the priest for a blessing, tell him how long it has been since your last confession. If the priest does not know you, you should tell him how old you are, and what your state in life is (married, single, whether you have children, etc.) Then you list all your sins since your last confession, you end your confession asking for forgiveness for anything you might have forgotten, and express your sincere contrition and ask for his advice, absolution, and prayers. Listen to your penance, then bless yourself when he pronounces the absolution.

Answer 4

How To Go To Confession

1. The Priest will often begin with the Sign of the Cross or a greeting and blessing.

2. The Penitent begins by saying ?Bless me Father for I have sinned, it has been ____ (number of days, weeks, months, etc.) since my last confession. These are my sins?.

3. Confess all mortal sins committed since your last confession by kind and number (this is important). Hold NOTHING back. You may also confess any venial sins.

4. At the end of your confession say these or similar words: ?For these and all the sins of my life I am sorry.? By this you tell the priest that you are finished. Otherwise, he might think you are still thinking or even trying to summon the courage to tell him "the big one".

5. The Priest may ask questions for clarification or give you some counsel on a point from your confession. Answer briefly.

6. The Priest will give you a penance. Listen to it carefully and remember it. You can refuse a penance if it is too vague or impossible to do in a reasonable time.

7. The Penitent makes an act of contrition in these or similar words: O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all of my sins because of Thy just punishments. But most of all because they offend Thee my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to sin no more, and to avoid the near occasions of sin. Amen. Memorize a good act of contrition.

8. The Priest will give you absolution in Latin or in your common language. (The words necessary in English for forgiveness are ?I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit?). Do not leave until the priest has given you absolution. He will not refuse you absolution unless it is clear that you are not sorry for your sins or you have no intention of amending your life.

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I found some other good information for you... Heres instructions on confession straight from the POPE:

How to Confess

How to make a good Confession

[From the Catechism of Pope St Pius X:]

Q. How many conditions are necessary to make a good confession?

A. To make a good confession five things are necessary: (1) Examination of Conscience; (2) Sorrow for having offended God; (3) A resolution of sinning no more; (4) Confession of our sins; (5) Satisfaction or penance.

Q. What should we do first of all to make a good confession?

A. To make a good confession we should first of all earnestly beseech God to give us light to know all our sins and strength to detest them.

Q. How do you present yourself to the confessor?

A. I kneel at the feet of the confessor and I say: "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned."

Q. What do you do while the confessor blesses you?

A. I humbly bow my head to receive the blessing and I make the Sign of the Cross.

Q. Having made the Sign of the Cross what should you say?

A. Having made the sign of the Cross, I say: "I confess to Almighty God, to Blessed Mary ever Virgin, to all the Saints, and to you, my spiritual Father, that I have sinned."

Q. And then what must you say?

A. Then I must say: "I was at confession such a time; by the grace of God I received absolution, performed my penance, and went to Holy Communion." Then I accuse myself of my sins.

Q. Whey you have finished the accusation of your sins what must you do?

A. When I have finished the accusation of my sins I say: "I accus myself also of all the sins of my past life, especially of those against such or such a virtue" -- for example, against purity or against the Fourth Commandment, etc.

Q. After this accusation what should you say?

A. I should say: "For all these sins and for those I do not remember, I ask pardon of God with my whole heart, and penance and absolution of you, my spiritual Father."

Q. Having thus finished the accusation of your sins what remains to be done?

A. Having finished the accusation of my sins I should listen respectfully to what the confessor says, accept the penance with a sincere intention of performing it; and, from my heart, renew my act of contrition while he gives me absolution.

Q. Having received absolution what remains to be done?

A. Having received absolution I should thank the Lord, perform my penance as soon as possible and put in practice the advice of the confessor.

http://www.catholic-pages.com/penance/howto.asp

Check out this page too:

http://www.catholic-pages.com/penance/examine.asp

Mortal sins:

http://www.catholic.org/frz/examen/examen_mortal.htm

venial sins and imperfections:

http://www.catholic.org/frz/examen/examen_venial.htm

another good catholic site:

http://www.catholic.org/sitemap.php?four

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Answer 5

sign of cross

say how long its been since the last confession for example:

"Father, my last confession was about 8 months ago"

Then you say your sins.

then you say that your sorry.

Act of contrition

and the priest will do the rest. such as give you your penance.

Answer 6

Confess your sins to the priest. He will tell you what are sins and what are not. Repent of you sins to God and ask God to forgive you of your sins. The priest has the right to absolve you of your sins through the power given to him by God through His Son Jesus Christ, our Lord and savior.

Answer 7

You confess your sins to a priest and God at the same time, it should be a contemplative and prayerful act, the priest hears all of the sins confessed and acting en persona christi, or in the place of Christ physically, he then assures you of Gods Love and Mercy for you, the penatent, and he then absolves you of your sins via the Grace Given by God via His Priestly sacramental ministry.

Answer 8

Tell God in prayer the wrong things you have done and ask him to forgive you. Instantly God has forgiven that sin and you are free. Then you have the hope of heaven when you die.

Answer 9

My God, I am sorry for my sins especially...

O my God, I am (heartily) sorry that I have sinned against you, for you are so good and with your help, I will try not to sin again.