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CONFITEOR

The Confession

The Confiteor is the Church's public confession of sin from the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar in the Tridentine Mass. The pre-Vatican II form includes the full enumeration of intercessors (Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul) and the triple breast-striking ('mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa'). Source: Missale Romanum (1962).

LATINE
Confiteor Deo omnipotenti,
beatae Mariae semper Virgini,
beato Michaeli Archangelo,
beato Ioanni Baptistae,
sanctis Apostolis Petro et Paulo,
omnibus Sanctis, et tibi, Pater,
quia peccavi nimis
cogitatione, verbo et opere:
(ter pectus percutiens)
mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
Ideo precor beatam Mariam semper Virginem,
beatum Michaelem Archangelum,
beatum Ioannem Baptistam,
sanctos Apostolos Petrum et Paulum,
omnes Sanctos, et te, Pater,
orare pro me ad Dominum Deum nostrum.
ABSOLVTIO
Misereatur nostri omnipotens Deus,
et dimissis peccatis nostris,
perducat nos ad vitam aeternam.
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,
to all the Saints, and to you, Father,
that I have sinned exceedingly
in thought, word, and deed:
(strike breast thrice)
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,
all the Saints, and you, Father,
to pray to the Lord our God for me.
ABSOLUTION
May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins,
and bring us to life everlasting.
Amen.
NOTA
FONS
Missale Romanum (1962)
USUS
Prayers at the Foot of the Altar, Compline, before Confession
CONTEXT
The pre-Vatican II Confiteor includes the full enumeration of saints (Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul) removed in the 1970 revision.