Thanksgiving After Confession
Selected verses from Psalm 102 followed by thanksgiving for forgiveness.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
After Confession, say the following, from Ps. 102.
BLESS the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy Name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and forget not all he hath done for thee.
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.
The Lord is compassionate and merciful: long-suffering and plenteous in mercy.
He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
As far as the east is from the west: so far hath he removed our iniquities from us.
As a father hath compassion on his children: so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him.
For he knoweth our frame: he remembereth that we are but dust.
Bless the Lord, all his angels: ye ministers of his that do his will.
Bless the Lord, all his works in every place of his dominion: bless thou the Lord, O my soul.
Let us pray.
O ALMIGHTY and merciful God, whose mercy is boundless and everlasting, and the riches of thy goodness infinite, I give thanks with all my mind and my heart for the most amazing and exceeding goodness which thou hast now shown me, in that thou hast so graciously pardoned all my sins, and restored me to thy grace and favour. Blessed be thy Divine compassion, O my God, and blessed be the incomprehensible love of thy beloved Son, which constrained him to institute so gentle and so mighty a remedy for our sins. Wherefore in union with all the thanksgivings which have ever ascended to thee from truly penitent hearts I sing aloud thy glad praises, on behalf of all in heaven, on earth, and in purgatory, for ever and ever. Amen.