To aid us in our repentance, the Church provides us with the Act of Contrition ... memorization of prayers has seen a decline in recent decades, but the Catechism of the Catholic Church affirms ...

O my God, I am heartly sorry for having offended you, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend you, my God, who are ...

The new text was adopted by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during ... another option for the penitent’s Act of Contrition, in addition to the 10 prayers already approved by the Holy ...

Practically, there are two things a Catholic must do. The first is to pray an act of contrition "out of love for God," Father Pietrzyk said. Being sorry out of love for God has often been ...

An act of contrition done ... The Catechism of the Catholic Church, N. 1452, says: "When it arises from a love by which God is loved above all else, contrition is called 'perfect' — contrition ...