Traditional Catholic prayer
Thanksgiving After Confession
A prayer of gratitude after confession, asking grace to remain faithful and amend one's life.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, pages 395-396.
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: “Omnia ad majorem Dei gloriam!” “All for the greater glory of God!”
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.
Jesus, my God, I love Thee above all things.
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.
Sweet heart of Mary, be my salvation.
Mary, our hope, have pity on us!
About this prayer
Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, pages 395-396.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- This sequence thanks the Father for forgiveness, renews love of Jesus, asks the Holy Ghost for strength, and invokes Mary. The closing Psalm verses in the book are a separate meditation.
- Prayer intention
- Gratitude for forgiveness and grace to remain faithful.
- When to pray
- It may be prayed at any time.
- Languages
- English
- English prayer source
- With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, pages 395-396. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Thanksgiving After Confession
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, pages 395-396.
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: “Omnia ad majorem Dei gloriam!” “All for the greater glory of God!”
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.
Jesus, my God, I love Thee above all things.
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.
Sweet heart of Mary, be my salvation.
Mary, our hope, have pity on us!