...makes this confession, from which it will appear that Catholics do not confine their confessions te the priest, but extend them to many other beings :...confession, I think, should have stopped with the first mentioned — Almighty God. What have the rest to do with it ? How is it any of their business? The...

...his vestments, previous to his ascending the altar. The words of this confession are as follow : " I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary, ever Virgin,...Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostle*!, Peter and Paul, and to all the saints," &c. &c., and this form of prayer concludes by saying...

...confess to Almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, to the blessed Michael the Arch-angel, to the blessed John the baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter...and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous...

...the help of thy grace, never more to offend thee. The Confiteor. , I CONFESS to Almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel,...to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly, in thought, word and...

...to Almighty God, to blessed Mary, ever a Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John Baptist, to the holy apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my most grievous fault: Therefore...

...right and left shoulders. The person confessing then proceeds, " I confess to Almighty God, to the blessed Mary, ever virgin, to blessed Michael the...and Paul, and to all the saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, my grievous fault;" here he or she smites...

...shoulders. A part of the " confíteor," as it is called, then follows : " I confess to Almighty God, to the blessed Mary, ever virgin, to blessed Michael, the...and Paul, and to all the saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my most grievous fault." The personal...

...confess to Almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, to the blessed Michael the Arch-angel, to the blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter...and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous...

...communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. I CONFESS to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin,...blessed Michael the archangel, to blessed John the Bal,tist, to the holy apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly...

...sanctos Apostolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes sanctos et te, pater, orare pro me ad Dominum Deum nostrum. I confess to Almighty God, to Blessed Mary ever virgin,...the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the saints, and to you, father: that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed :...