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Form One

Bless me, for I have sinned.

The Lord be in your heart and upon your lips that you may truly and humbly confess your sins: In the Name of the  Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

I confess to Almighty God, to his Church, and to you, that I have sinned by my own fault in thought, word, and deed, in  things done and left undone; especially__________. For these and all other sins which I cannot now remember, I am truly  sorry. I pray God to have mercy on me. I firmly intend amendment of life, and I humbly beg forgiveness of God and  his Church, and ask you for counsel, direction, and absolution.