Traditional Catholic Novenas
A paperback from Novena Regina. See what is inside and read a short sample.
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Novena Regina · Paperback
The Novena Regina Book of Traditional Catholic Confession
A prayer book and examination of conscience for before and after the Sacrament of Penance, arranged to help you prepare, confess with humility, and give thanks.
- Length
- 56 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-13
- 9798171977306
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Inside the book
- Preparation for the Sacrament of Penance
- Examination of conscience: the Commandments, capital sins, and duties of one’s state
- Contrition and a firm purpose of amendment
- The order of Confession and practical counsel
- Prayers before and after Confession
- Thanksgiving and the Seven Penitential Psalms
A short sample
A Note from Novena Regina
Confession should not be approached as a performance, nor should an examination of conscience become an endless search for perfect certainty. The purpose is simpler and more serious: to stand truthfully before God, to accuse oneself humbly, to receive absolution with gratitude, and to begin again with a sincere purpose of amendment.
Excerpt from The Novena Regina Book of Traditional Catholic Confession.
Sources and arrangement
The principal prayer-book source is Father F. X. Lasance’s With God (1911), especially its preparation for Confession. The examination is arranged for clearer reading while retaining the older order and substance. Supporting references include the Baltimore Catechism No. 3 and the older Roman Ritual. This is a devotional companion; personal questions about your confession belong with your confessor.
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