The Confiteor (I Confess)

I Confess

Then all recite together the formula of general confession:

I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned,

in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do,

Striking the breast

And, striking their breast, they say:

through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault;

Petition

Then they continue:

therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.