DIVINUM OFFICIUM Confession

Confiteor at Compline

When said alone or without priest present. In choir, forms with 'tibi pater/te pater' and 'vobis fratres/vos fratres' are used alternately between officiant and choir. Sign of cross at Indulgentiam.

About This Prayer

CONFESSIO from Compline in the 1962 Breviary.

Prayer Text

LATINE
Confiteor Deo omnipotenti, beatae Mariae semper Virgini, beato Michaeli Archangelo, beato Ioanni Baptistae, sanctis Apostolis Petro et Paulo, et omnibus Sanctis, quia peccavi nimis cogitatione, verbo et opere: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Ideo precor beatam Mariam semper Virginem, beatum Michaelem Archangelum, beatum Ioannem Baptistam, sanctos Apostolos Petrum et Paulum, et omnes Sanctos, orare pro me ad Dominum Deum nostrum.
Misereatur nostri omnipotens Deus, et, dimissis peccatis nostris, perducat nos ad vitam aeternam. R. Amen.
Indulgentiam, absolutionem, et remissionem peccatorum nostrorum tribuat nobis omnipotens et misericors Dominus. R. Amen.
ENGLISH
I confess to almighty God, to Blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed: through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech Blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
May almighty God have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to life everlasting. R. Amen.
May the Almighty and merciful Lord grant us pardon, absolution, and remission of our sins. R. Amen.

Liturgical Notes

NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
When said alone or without priest present. In choir, forms with 'tibi pater/te pater' and 'vobis fratres/vos fratres' are used alternately between officiant and choir. Sign of cross at Indulgentiam.
HORA
Compline
GENVS
Confession