Sunday 10:15-AM-10:45AM and
7:30PM-8:00PM (Before Sunday Masses)
Weekdays Monday & Friday: 11:30-12pm
Tues-Thurs: 4:30-5:00
Saturday : Following 9:00am Mass until 10am and 2:30-3:30pm
Monday Night 8:30PM-9:20PM (During Adoration)
If you would like to set up an individual time for confession you can
also e-mail Fr. Jacob directly click here.
We experience God’s mercy and forgiveness through the sacrament of Penance also known as Confession or Reconciliation.
Has it been awhile? Here is a refresher!
The most important thing is to come to receive the mercy of God. If you forget how to go to confession or if it has been awhile the priest will help you though. It is good to prepare though, if possible.
Here is a good reference to help you prepare beforehand:
Examination of Conscience (click here).
A Step by Step Guide to Confession:
-Begin by making the Sign of the Cross.
-The priest will greet you and may offer a short reading from Sacred Scripture.
-You are then invited to tell the priest the last time you visited this sacrament . (Bless me Father for I have sinned, my last confession was 1 month ago, and these are my sins...)
-Now you are ready to confess your sins.
It is best to start with any Mortal sins. Try to confess your sins with numbers: (I lied 3 times since my last confession)
-If you do not know how to confess, feel uneasy or ashamed, simply ask the priest to assist you. Be assured he will help you make a good confession. -When you are done confessing your sins say, (For these and all of my sins I am truly sorry.)
-After you confess your sins the priest will give you some counsel. Then the priest will propose an act of penance.
-Remember the penance.
-Now you are invited to recite an Act of Contrition (example found below).
-The priest will give you Absolution. At the end of the prayer answer: “Amen.”
-Lastly the priest will give you a final dismissal. -After you receive this Sacrament complete your penance and then spend some time giving thanks to God for forgiving you again. Our God is Love and Mercy!
Act of Contrition
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because of Thy just punishment, but most of all because I offend Thee, my God, Who art all-good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin.