Confiteor

I confess to Almighty God, my sins

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. Amen.

How to Pray

The Confiteor is prayed at the beginning of Mass and when preparing for Confession.

History

This prayer dates to the 9th century and is one of the oldest prayers in the Roman Rite.

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