ARTICLE: Act of Contrition

        
   

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest all my 
sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, 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 confess my sins, to do 
penance and to amend my life.