Prayer Before Reconciliation (I’ll say it for you and for me!)
Come Holy Spirit into my soul. Enlighten my mind that I may know the sins I ought to confess, and grant me Your grace to confess them fully, humbly and with a contrite heart. Help me firmly resolve not to commit them again.
O Blessed Virgin, Mother of my Redeemer, mirror of innocence and sanctity, and refuge of penitent sinners, intercede for me through the Passion of your Son, that I may obtain the grace to make a good confession.
All you blessed angels and saints of God, pray for me, a most miserable sinner, that I may repent from my evil ways, that my heart may be henceforth forever united with yours in eternal love. Amen.
St. Gerard is also the patron saint of a good confession.
"Most Blessed Trinity, I, Your child, thank You for all the gifts and privileges which You granted to St. Gerard, especially for those virtues with which You adorned him on earth and the glory which You now impart to him in heaven. Accomplish Your work, O Lord, so that Your kingdom may come about on earth. Through his merits, in union with those of Jesus and Mary, grant me the grace for which I ask…
And you, my powerful intercessor, St. Gerard, always so ready to help those who have recourse to you, pray for me. Come before the throne of Divine Mercy and do not leave without being heard. Graciously take my cause in hand and do not let me leave without having experienced in some way the effects of your intercession. Amen.
