The Catholic Prayer - A Special Act of Sorrow

Forgive me my sins, O Lord,

forgive me my sins;

the sins of my youth,

the sins of my age,

the sins of my soul,

the sins of my body;

my idle sins,

my serious voluntary sins,

the sins I know,

the sins I have concealed so long,

and which are now hidden from my memory.

I am truly sorry for every sin,

mortal and venial,

for all the sins of my childhood

up to the present hour.

I know my sins have wounded Thy tender Heart,

O my Savior,

let me be freed from the bonds of evil

through the most bitter Passion of my Redeemer.

O my Jesus,

forget and forgive what I have been.

Amen.