First Time Pentitential Service

[J_Peterson]

I’m going to go to a Pentitential Service for the first time tonight at the Paulist Center here in Boston. Anybody ever go to one? What should I expect?

 

[Phemie]

I’m going to go to a Pentitential Service for the first time tonight at the Paulist Center here in Boston. Anybody ever go to one? What should I expect?

The line-up generally goes like this:

Opening Song
Sign of the Cross
Greeting
First Reading
Psalm
Second Reading
Gospel
Homily
General Intercessions
Examination of Conscience
Penitential Rite
Private Confessions (may be at the very end, depending on the parish)
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Final Blessing and Dismissal
Closing Song