Confession Guide for Children

EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE

• Did I pay attention at Mass?
• Have I fooled around in Church?
• Did I say my prayers every day?
• Did I say mean things to my mom or dad?
• Did I always say "Thank You" to people?
• Am I hard to get along with (during school, at Grandma´s, at home?)?
• Did I do what my mom and dad told me to do? My teacher?
• Was I lazy around the house?
• Did I do my chores?
• Did I hurt others people´s feelings by calling them bad names?
• Have I started fights with my brothers and sisters at home?
• Have I blamed other people for things I do?
• Did I get other people into trouble?
• Do I hit people when I get mad?
• Have I forgiven people? Or am I holding a grudge?
• Have I cheated or been unfair in games?
• Did I refuse to play with someone for no good reason?
• Was I was lazy about my schoolwork?
• Did I fail to do my homework?
• Did I cheat in school?
• How many times did I lie to my parents? My teachers? My friends?
• Did I take anything that didn´t belong to me?
• Did I avoid medicine? Did I refuse to eat food I didn´t like?

How to go to Confession


1. You always have the option to go to confession anonymously, that is, behind a screen or face to face, if you so desire.

2. After the priest greets you in the name of Christ, make the sign of the cross. He may choose to recite a reading from Scripture, after which you say: "Bless me Father for I have sinned. It has been (state how long) since my last confession. These are my sins."

3. Tell your sins simply and honestly to the priest. You might even want to discuss the circumstances and the root causes of your sins and ask the priest for advice or direction.

4. Listen to the advice the priest gives you and accept the penance from him. Then make an Act of Contrition for your sins.

5. The priest will then dismiss you with the words of praise: "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. You respond: "For His mercy endures forever." The priest will then conclude with: "The Lord has freed you from your sins. Go in peace." And you respond by saying: "Thanks be to God."

6. Spend some time with Our Lord thanking and praising Him for the gift of His mercy. Try to perform your penance as soon as possible.

AN ACT OF CONTRITION
Oh my God,
I am sorry for my sins with all my heart.
In choosing to do wrong
And failing to do good,
I have sinned against you
whom I should love above all things.
I firmly intend, with your help,
to do penance,
to sin no more,
and to avoid whatever leads me to sin.
Our Savior Jesus Christ
suffered and died for us.
In His name, my God, have mercy. Amen.

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Another Guide to Confession for Children

First, make a good examination of Conscience

I. I am the Lord your God. You shall not have strange gods before me.
►Do I give time every day to God in prayer?
►Do I put my trust in superstitions, good luck charms, rather than God alone?
►Have I rejected any Church teaching or denied that I was a Catholic?

II. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
►Have I used the words "God" or "Jesus" in anger or irreverently?
►Have I used foul or ugly language? Have I wished evil on another?

III. Remember to keep holy the Lord's day.
►Have I missed Mass on Sunday or any holy day of obligation?
►Do I arrive at church late or leave early? Do I try to be reverent and pay attention
during Mass?
►Do I avoid unnecessary work on Sunday?
►Do I make Sunday a day of prayer or rest?

IV. Honor your father and your mother.
►Do I respect and obey my parents?
►Have I dishonored or mistreated them by word or deed?
►Am I willing to help around the house or must I be nagged a hundred times?
►Do I try to get along with my brothers and sisters? Am I a tattletale or bully?
►Do I give a good example, especially to younger siblings?
►Do I respect others in authority: priests, nuns, police, old people, baby-sitters?

V. You shall not kill.
►Do I beat up others or hurt their bodies?
►Do I say cruel things, or make fun of others to hurt their feelings?
►Do I say mean things about others behind their backs?
►Have I stopped speaking to anyone? Do I encourage others to do bad things?
►Do I try to love all people, born and unborn?

VI. You shall not commit adultery.
►Do I treat my body and other people's bodies with purity and respect?
►Do I look at television shows, movies, or pictures that are bad?
►Am I modest in my speech and the clothes I wear?

VII. You shall not steal.
►Have I taken things that were not mine from a store or another person?
►Have I destroyed or misused another person's property for fun?
►Do I return things that I borrow? In good condition?VIII. You shall not commit false witness against your neighbor.
►Am I honest in my school work?
►Do I tell lies to make myself look good?
►Do I tell lies to protect myself from punishment?
►Do I tell lies that make another person look bad or get them in trouble?

IX. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
►Do I allow my parents to spend time with one another, or do I get jealous and
want them to pay attention only to me?
►Do I get mad when I have to share my friends?
►Are there kids I will not play with or be mean to because they look different?

X. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.
►Am I jealous or envious of the things or abilities that others have?
►Am I thankful to God and my parents for what they have given me?
►Do I share the things I have with my family, friends and poor people?

Next, go to Confession

►Find out when Confession is available (or make an appointment
with a priest)

► Ask Jesus (in the Blessed Sacrament, if you can) to help you
make a good confession

►How to “go to confession”

1. Walk into the confessional (or reconciliation room) and
either kneel behind the screen or sit facing the priest

2. Make the sign of the cross, saying “Bless me Father, for I
have sinned.”

3. Tell the priest how long it has been since you last went to
confession.

4. Tell the priest what sins you have committed and how
many times you have committed them, to the best of your
knowledge.

5. Tell the priest, “That is all I remember, Father.”

6. If the priest asks you any questions, try to answer him
honestly.

7. When the priest gives you a “penance,” try to remember
exactly what it is he asks you to do.

8. Say the “Act of Contrition”:

The Act of Contrition

Oh my God, I am very sorry for that I have sinned against you , because you are so good and by your grace I will not sin again. Amen.

9. While the priest prays the prayer of Absolution over you,
pray that you receive the grace to turn your life more
toward God.
 When the priest blesses you (at the end of
the prayer), make the sign of the cross.

10. Leave the confessional (or reconciliation room) and do
your penance.



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