Traditional Catholic prayer
Thanksgiving After Confession
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Francis Xavier Lasance, page 395.
Eternal Father, I thank Thee, I bless Thee, for Thy goodness and mercy. Thou hast had compassion on me, although in my folly I had wandered far away from Thee and offended Thee most grievously.
With fatherly love Thou hast received me anew after so many relapses into sin and forgiven me my offenses through the holy sacrament of penance. Blessed forever, O my God, be Thy loving kindness, Thy infinite mercy.
Never again will I grieve Thee by ingratitude, by disobedience to Thy holy will; henceforth my watchword shall be: All for the greater glory of God.
O divine Spirit, penetrate my soul with true horror and loathing of sin. Grant that I may be more exact in the fulfilment of all my duties, and strengthen me by Thy grace, that I may not again yield to temptation. Amen.
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