Let Us Make a Firm Purpose of Amendment
O Almighty and eternal God, I wish from the bottom of my heart, that I had never sinned against thee; but since I have been so unhappy, O grant me now thy grace, that I may never offend thee more. Thou hast said: “I will not the death of a sinner, but rather that he be converted and live.” Convert me therefore, and I shall be converted. “Have mercy on me according to thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my iniquities.” I renounce all sin, firmly purposing henceforth to walk in the path of thy commandments. This fixed resolution I am determined to keep, with the assistance of thy grace, purchased for me through the infinite merits of thine only Son, Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
Repeat the Lord’s Prayer, the Angelical Salutation, the Creed, the Acts of the Theological Virtues, and the Angelus Domini, as in Morning Prayer.