SUMMARY

1. Before we can make our Confession, we have to think out and write down every sin we can remember having committed in thought, word, act and omission.  This is called self-examination.  We must also say how often we have committed each sin – once, twice, a few times, often, and so on.

2. On our return to our place after making our Confession, we at once say the penance which the priest has given us.

3. God’s complete forgiveness, which we receive when we make a good Confession, brings great joy to Our Lord, our Holy Guardian Angel, and to ourselves.

4. We should go to Confession regularly, and in particular before Easter.

References

1. ©The Archbishops’ Council (2006) Common Worship.  Reconciliation and Restoration: Recovering Baptism.  The Reconciliation of a Penitent: Form One.  Available from:
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/downloads/pdf/cirecon.pdf  (Accessed 24 August 2010) (Internet).

2. ©The Archbishops’ Council (2006) Common Worship.  Reconciliation and Restoration: Recovering Baptism.  The Reconciliation of a Penitent: Form One. Available from:
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/downloads/pdf/cirecon.pdf  (Accessed 24 August 2010) (Internet).

3. ©The Archbishops’ Council (2006) Common Worship.  Reconciliation and Restoration: Recovering Baptism.  The Reconciliation of a Penitent: Form One. Available from:
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/downloads/pdf/cirecon.pdf  (Accessed 24 August 2010) (Internet).