AN ACT OF CONTRITION IS THE STARTING POINT FOR ANYONE WHO SINCERELY WANTS TO BEGIN OR RENEW A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD:

FORGIVE ME MY SINS, O LORD, FORGIVE ME MY SINS: THE SINS OF MY YOUTH, THE SINS OF MY AGE, THE SINS OF MY SOUL, THE SINS OF MY BODY, MY IDLE SINS, MY SERIOUS VOLUNTARY SINS, THE SINS I KNOW, THE SINS I DO NOT KNOW, THE SINS I HAVE CONCEALED SO LONG, AND WHICH ARE NOW HIDDEN FROM MY MEMORY.

I AM TRULY SORRY FOR EVERY SIN, MORTAL AND VENIAL, FOR ALL THE SINS OF MY CHILDHOOD UP TO THE PRESENT MOMENT.

I KNOW THAT MY SINS HAVE WOUNDED THY TENDER HEART, O MY SAVIOUR, LET ME BE FREED FROM THE BONDS OF EVIL THROUGH THE MOST BITTER PASSION OF MY REDEEMER, MY SWEET JESUS.

AMEN

O MY JESUS, FORGET AND FORGIVE WHAT I HAVE BEEN, WHAT I HAVE DONE, WHO I AM: THE GREATEST OF SINNERS TOTALLY DEPENDENT UPON YOUR MERCY, FORGIVENESS AND GRACES.

AMEN

The Divine Mercy image painted by Adolf Hyla. The Polish inscription at the bottom means “Jesus I trust in you“.