PRAYERS FOR CONFESSION.
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Thine only begotten Son endured throughout His whole life on earth by reason of the sins of the world, and especially when in the garden the extremity of his anguish wrung from Him His sweat of blood; beseeching Thee that Thou cleanse my soul from all its defilements in the stream of that most holy blood, and adorn it with a purity whiter than snow. Amen.
ACT OF CONTRITION.
O SWEET Jesus, I grieve for my sins. Vouchsafe to supply whatever is lacking to my sorrow, and to offer for me to God all the grief which Thou hast endured because of the sins of the whole world. Amen.
PRAYERS AFTER CONFESSION.
O GOD of goodness and mercy, I have now been absolved by virtue of the power which Thou hast granted to the ministers of Thy
