The Act of Contrition

A prayer of sorrow for sin, prayed by the penitent in the Sacrament of Penance.

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended you, and I detest all my sins because of your just punishments, but most of all because they offend you, my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love.

I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin.

Amen.