{"id":112692,"date":"2026-10-18T15:53:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=112692"},"modified":"2026-10-18T15:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:53:29","slug":"act-of-contrition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/act-of-contrition\/","title":{"rendered":"Akt der Reue: Das traditionelle Gebet, die neuen Fassungen und die Bedeutung der einzelnen Zeilen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Act of Contrition is the short prayer of sorrow a Catholic says in confession, after the priest gives a penance and before absolution. Its two traditional English forms both begin &quot;O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee,&quot; and both end with a firm resolve, made with the help of God&#039;s grace, to amend one&#039;s life. The older of the two is printed this way in the Manual of Prayers of the Third Plenary Council of\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Act of Contrition in full, the old and new versions Catholics pray in confession, what each line means, and perfect and imperfect contrition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[217],"class_list":["post-112692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-catholicism-demystified"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58671,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/how-to-catholic-confession\/","url_meta":{"origin":112692,"position":0},"title":"How to Go to Confession: What to Say, the Act of Contrition and an Examination of 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