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;
through my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous fault;
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.
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We should all remember this. As an Altar Boy it was very important in the 1960’s!
It was also prayed in Latin (“Confiteor.”)
I was too. But why was the name of ‘St Michael the Archangel’ right after the Blessed Virgin Mary eliminated?
The words of this prayer was changed after the 2nd Vatican Council
Oh I remember saying it in Latin as an altar boy!
It still is today, Jeff!!! Even MORE important we say it each day, even hourly. For we do not know the day nor the hour.
When one uses it in private prayer alone one leaves out “and to you my brothers and sisters”.
This is a new version f the Confiteor. Blessed Mary ever virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, and the holy apostles Perter and Paul, are missing. During Mass in the traditional way Father is said and not brothers and sisters. A lot of the prayer is missing, and the one in my prayer books is much longer.