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There are many blessings in frequent confession (cf. CCC 1425-
1498). Among such blessings are the following:

1. It restores divine life to those who have lost it through mortal
sin.
2. It increases grace and one’s capacity for grace and helps one to
grow in Christian maturity.
3. It brings order and peace into one’s life by causing one to pause
at regular intervals and ask oneself the all important question:
Where am I in my relationship with God?
4. It improves personal relations with others by making one
aware of attitudes and actions that cause pain to others.
5. It motivates one to practice the basic Christian virtues: faith,
hope, charity, humility, self denial, repentance, detachment
from the pagan ways of modern life.

Making a good confession entails contrition (sincere sorrow for
offending God), confession of sin (confronting our sinfulness in
an honest manner) and satisfaction (making amends by following
the priest’s advice and doing the penance he imposes). A good
confession requires preparation by prayer, examining the
conscience and the making the resolve not to sin again.

At the sacrament

Bless me, X Father, for I have sinned. It has been (estimate time
since last confession) since my last confession.

Confess all your sins.

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