Confession ✓

: Reflect on your thoughts, words, and actions since your last confession. Many use the Ten Commandments or specific examination guides as a framework.

: Foster a sincere sorrow for your sins and a "firm purpose of amendment," meaning a determination to avoid sinning again. Confession

: Focus on "number and kind"—the specific type of sin and approximately how many times you committed it. The Rite of Confession : Reflect on your thoughts, words, and actions

A write-up for (the Sacrament of Reconciliation) involves preparation, the ritual itself, and post-confession actions . It is a sacrament of healing where you confess sins to a priest to receive God's mercy and absolution. Preparation : Focus on "number and kind"—the specific type

: Confess your sins (mortal sins must be confessed, venial are recommended).

: Make the Sign of the Cross and say, "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been [time] since my last confession" .