At the Confiteor
Adoration and Contrition
My Lord and my God! I adore Thee, and acknowledge Thee as the Master of my whole being. All that I am, and all that I have is from Thee. Without Thee I am nothing. Without Thee I can do nothing. Powerless as I am to render worthy homage to Thy majesty, I offer Thee the humiliation and the love of Jesus on the altar. With Him I praise and worship Thee. In His name I appeal to Thy mercy; I pray Thee to accept my prayers in union with the precious blood and merits of Thy divine Son, offered on all the altars of the world. I rejoice, O my God, that I am able by this august sacrifice to glorify Thee as Thou art glorified in heaven. I also join my praises to those of the most blessed, Virgin, the angels, and the saints. I adore Thee with all the heavenly host, and love Thee with my whole heart above all things, and will love Thee for ever, Would that by the ardor of my love I could make up for the time in which I loved creatures too much! How I thank Thee for not having wearied of so long an abuse of Thy graces!
I confess, O my God ! not only in Thy presence, Who seest the secrets of hearts, but in the presence of all the blessed in Heaven add of all the faithful on earth, that I have often and grievously offended Thee by my thoughts, words, actions, and omissions. Yes, I have sinned, O my God! I have
