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ndeparis88
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So is there a prayer to say after you have sinned to sort of atone for the sin committed. I know that confession is in order but is there anything that sort of starts the process.
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pgnat1
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Right, the Act of Contrition like Riley said. There are many different versions of the prayer, however, they all have the same meaning 
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pgnat1
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pray-with-beads.com/act-of-contrition-prayer.html
That should help you if you are unfamiliar with the prayer
That should help you if you are unfamiliar with the prayer
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Lancer
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]IV. INTERIOR PENANCE
1430** Jesus’ call to conversion and penance**, like that of the prophets before him, does not aim first at outward works, “sackcloth and ashes,” fasting and mortification, but at the conversion of the heart, interior conversion. Without this, such penances remain sterile and false; however, interior conversion urges expression in visible signs, gestures and works of penance.23
1431** Interior repentance is a radical reorientation of our whole life, a return, a conversion to God with all our heart, an end of sin, a turning away from evil, with repugnance toward the evil actions we have committed. At the same time it entails the desire and resolution to change one’s life, with hope in God’s mercy and trust in the help of his grace**. This conversion of heart is accompanied by a salutary pain and sadness which the Fathers called** animi cruciatus (affliction of spirit)** and compunctio cordis (repentance of heart).24
1432 The human heart is heavy and hardened. God must give man a new heart.25 Conversion is first of all a work of the grace of God who makes our hearts return to him: "Restore us to thyself, O LORD, that we may be restored!"26 God gives us the strength to begin anew. It is in discovering the greatness of God’s love that our heart is shaken by the horror and weight of sin and begins to fear offending God by sin and being separated from him. The human heart is converted by looking upon him whom our sins have pierced:27
Let us fix our eyes on Christ’s blood and understand how precious it is to his Father, for, poured out for our salvation it has brought to the whole world the grace of repentance.
1433 Since Easter, the Holy Spirit has proved "the world wrong about sin,"29 i.e., proved that the world has not believed in him whom the Father has sent.** But this same Spirit who brings sin to light is also the Consoler who gives the human heart grace for repentance and conversion**.30
My favorite contrition prayer is from the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass…the* Penitential Act*…The* CONFITEOR* (I CONFESS) from Mass…a sacrifice of Holy Mass begins somewhere in the world every 7 seconds…praying the Confiteor…you can unite yourself in spiritual communion with the faithful’s prayer at Mass…and with them and** acknowledge sinning against God** and The Communion of Saints…The Body of Christ…The Church…“I confess to all mighty God…and to you my brothers anjd isiters…that I have greatly sinned…”. And being in communion with the Mass…receive the Presidential (Priest’s) Plea for Mercy…and get it!..remembering that if my sin is grave/mortal…I still need to get to Sacrament of Penance ASAP.
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Delaine75
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I always say the Act of Contrition.
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I think that your desire to atone for a committed sin is already a wonderful thing. A son that does something wrong and tells his dad that he is sorry and that he wishes he could do something to repair deserves at least a hug.
“If you then, evil as you are, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!’”
Sinning is a bit like closing our eyes…we find ourselves in the darkness, but we are still surrounded by light…and our merciful Lord still abides within us.
Pax Christi tecum
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