Appendix A.

Extracts From the Order of Confession.

1. Exhortation to the penitent:

Behold my child, Christ standeth here invisibly, and receiveth thy confession:

wherefore, be not ashamed, neither be afraid and conceal thou nothing from me: but tell

me, doubting not, all things which thou hast done; and so shalt thou have pardon from our

Lord Jesus Christ. Lo, His holy image is before us: and I am but a witness, bearing

testimony before Him of all things which thou dost say to me. But if thou shalt conceal

anything from me, thou shalt have the greater sin. Take heed, therefore, lest, having come

to the physician, thou depart unhealed.

2. First Prayer of Absolution:

O Lord God of the salvation of Thy servants, gracious, bountiful and longsuffering,

who repentest of our evil deeds, and desirest not the death of a sinner, but

rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live: Show Thy mercy now upon Thy

servant N., and grant unto him (her) an image of repentance, forgiveness of sins, and

deliverance, pardoning his (her) every transgression, whether voluntary or involuntary.

Reconcile and unite him (her) unto Thy holy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord, with

Whom also are due unto Thee dominion and majesty, both now and ever, and unto ages

of ages. Amen.

3. Second Prayer of Absolution:

May our Lord and God Jesus Christ, through the grace and bounties of His love

towards mankind, forgive thee, my child, N., all thy transgressions. And I, His unworthy

priest, through the power given unto me by Him, do forgive and absolve thee from all thy

sins, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.