How often is the Confiteor said at your Parish?

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Twice at the foot of the altar and again right before “Ecce Agnus Dei “
 
Pretty much always at Sunday mass and Saturday night vigil. Never at daily mass (different parish). Yes, I have a preference. I prefer it. Is it common at weekday mass?
 
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It’s said every Sunday mass that I have attended. I can’t speak for the other mass times. It would feel very odd not saying it.

Even when I was a little girl at Catholic school it was said at every school mass…

I absolutely prefer that it is said everytime.
 
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Thanks for all the replies and thanks to the moderator for moving it to the correct forum. Wide variety of situations. Some here go to Masses where it’s said rarely while others go where it’s said all the time. I guess it’s Parish dependent. Certain Parishes I attend it’s usually said while at others it is rarely said.
 
Sorry,I was thinking of the St.Michael prayer after every Mass😳
The Confietor we did during Lent
 
Depends on where I’m attending Mass. It’s rarely said at our parish (unless we have a visiting priest).

It’s said at every Mass at the hospital. Needless to say, I love going to Mass there.
 
I don’t go to the same parish consistently. I hear the Confiteor probably about 1/3 of the time, usually at a Sunday or holyday Mass as opposed to weekdays.
 
Pretty much every Mass unless our own priest is away and Mass is being celebrated by the priest who shares the rectory.
 
Whether or not it is part of the Liturgy at the Mass you attend, do not those concerned (or even not concerned) pray the Confiteor as part of their personal daily devotions?

Not sure why, when there are acceptable liturgical alternatives, people focus on it not being said, when nothing prohibits them from praying it, or any other, liturgical prayer privately.
 
At the abbey where I attend Mass, rarely at Mass. But… every day at Compline. So every day at Mass would be somewhat redundant.

I myself also say it before Compline.

Others may prefer an act of contrition.
 
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Others may prefer an act of contrition.
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I myself say the ordinary old Act of Contrition before every Communion. And say the Jesus Prayer after Communion.
One could certainly say the Confiteor before or after Communion, privately. Or any other contrition prayer they like.
 
In my parish my priest prefers to say the Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy… instead. We probably only say the confiteor a few times a year. Although, I also go to different parishes at times so I say it somewhat frequently.
 
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Oh, that makes sense. I love that your parish says the St. Michael prayer after every Mass. Our parish says the St. Michael prayer as well. I can’t say for certain how often we say the Confiteor. It seems pretty sporadic to me.
 
At my parish, and most of the parishes around me, it is very rarely said.

I’ve honestly only been to one mass where my pastor has used it. And when he did, the Music Ministry started the Gloria before Father did the Lord have Mercy.

I’ve been given 5 reasons from a younger priest who rarely uses the Confiteor himself (but I’m not sure which applies to my pastor):
  1. because using form 2 is shorter (this is the reason the why the younger priest I spoke with says he often picks form 2)
  2. because some people think the Confiteor negates the need for confession
  3. because some priests don’t like the new translation of the Confiteor
  4. because some priests don’t like to tap their chests during mea culpa.
  5. because the music ministry keeps screwing up by singing the Gloria before the Lord have Mercy (this would be a non-pastor reason)
 
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Oh, that makes sense. I love that your parish says the St. Michael prayer after every Mass. Our parish says the St. Michael prayer as well. I can’t say for certain how often we say the Confiteor. It seems pretty sporadic to me.
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My parish prays the St. Michael prayer after each daily mass (led by the priest) and BEFORE each Sunday Mass (led by the Cantor). The pastor and parish staff didn’t want the St. Michael prayer to interfere with the exit processional on Sundays.
 
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Never. (Byzantine Rite.)

I do frequently visit three or four Latin Rite parishes for daily Mass and it is the usual choice.
 
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