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Confiteor

Confiteor

The Confiteor is the public confession of sin and need for intercession before the sacred action advances.

Confiteor Deo omnipotenti.

Latin text

Confiteor Deo omnipotenti, beatae Mariae semper Virgini, beato Michaeli Archangelo, beato Joanni Baptistae, sanctis Apostolis Petro et Paulo, omnibus Sanctis, et vobis, fratres: quia peccavi nimis cogitatione, verbo et opere.

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

Ideo precor beatam Mariam semper Virginem, beatum Michaelem Archangelum, beatum Joannem Baptistam, sanctos Apostolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes Sanctos, et vos, fratres, orare pro me ad Dominum Deum nostrum.

Context

The Confiteor is the public confession of sin and need for intercession before the sacred action advances.

Source: Missale Romanum 1962, Ordo Missae, as published by Divinum Officium.

Divinum Officium