A Priest’s Prayer After Hearing Confessions
Entrust the completed ministry and those who confessed to Jesus.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
O LORD Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, receive this my bounden service and ministry with that transcending love wherewith thou didst absolve the Blessed Mary Magdalene, and all sinners who fled for refuge unto thee. And whereinsoever I have failed in the administration of this holy sacrament through my negligence or imperfection, do thou deign to satisfy for me and supply all my defects. I commend to thy sweetest heart all and each of those who have now confessed their sins to me, beseeching thee to keep them evermore, to preserve them from falling back again into sin, and after this miserable life to bring them to thine everlasting joy. Amen.