{"id":4200,"date":"2018-01-26T12:22:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T17:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=4200"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:12:26","slug":"prayer-before-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/prayer-before-confession","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer before Confession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Receive my confession, O most loving and gracious Lord Jesus Christ, only hope for the salvation of my soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Grant to me true contrition of soul, so that day and night I may by penance make satisfaction for my many sins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Savior of the world, O good Jesus, Who gave Yourself to the death of the Cross to save sinners, look upon me, most wretched of all sinners; have pity on me, and give me the light to know my sins, true sorrow for them, and a firm purpose of never committing them again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Receive my confession, O most loving and gracious Lord Jesus Christ, only hope for the salvation of my soul. 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