Whilst I lie prostrate before thee crucified, most loving Saviour of my soul, my conscience tells me it was I that nailed thee to the cross with these hands of mine, as often as I fell into mortal sin, wearying thee with my monstrous ingratitude…

O God, the consoler of the sorrowful and the salvation of those who hope in Thee, who didst mercifully accept the loving tears of blessed Monica for the conversion of her son Augustine: grant us, through the intercession of them both, to bewail our sins and to find the grace of Thy pardon…

Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee. Too late loved I Thee, O Thou Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new! too late I loved Thee!…

Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity. Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me…

O Lord Jesus Christ, Who camest to seek and to save that which was lost, look with mercy upon poor sinners. Convert them by Thy grace, that they may return to Thee with humble and contrite hearts. Through the intercession of Mary, Refuge of sinners, hear us. Amen.

O God, Who willest that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth: send forth, we beseech Thee, laborers into Thy harvest, and grant them grace to speak Thy word with all confidence…

O my God, I thank Thee for Thy great love in giving me this holy season of Lent. Help me to turn away from sin, to pray more fervently, to deny myself, and to give generously to those in need…

I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed, through my fault…

O glorious Saint Patrick, apostle of Ireland, and patron of so many, obtain for us from God the grace to walk in the light of the Gospel as thou didst. Drive far from us the snares of the evil one, and help us to love the Holy Trinity as thou didst teach. Amen.

O glorious St. John the Baptist, greatest prophet among those born of woman, obtain for me a true spirit of penance, that I may prepare the way of the Lord in my heart. Pray that I may decrease, and that Christ may increase in me. Amen.

O my God! I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, 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 Thee, my God, who art all-good and deserving of all my love…