Oh my Lord, I'm heartily sorry for having offended thee,
And I detest my sins,
Because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell
But most of all, because they displease you, My Lord,
You who are all good and deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace,
To confess my sins, to do penance and to amend my life.
Amen.
P.s: When my nanima aka nana taught Chelson and me our prayers as kids, we learned them in a jiffy. Yet, somehow I could never get the Act of Contrition down pat. It took me 23 years and a frozen Canadian evening, where I spent time in Church and read by learning to believe in what I was reading. Thanks Uncle Nuno for taking me for the Wednesday Novena's and helping me learn a prayer which keeps me from harm and sin every single day.
The light within her flickers thin
