Synopsis: A short talk on how to prepare for confession. Some of it is not what you might expect, but several practical items are mentioned.
More Stuff about Confession
PREPARING FOR CONFESSION
- Prayer before confession by St. Symeon the New Theologian
- A Preparation for Confession by St. John of Kronstadt
- Helps in Preparation for Confession
- A Twenty Step Preparation for Confession
- From the Vision of Blessed Theodora
- Another Examination of Conscience According to the Expected trials after Death
- From the Vision of Blessed Theodora
- A LIST OF THE PASSIONS
- by Saint Peter of Damaskos
EXAMPLES OF CONFESSIONS
- A Lament for Sin by St. Basil the Great
- A Brief Confession before One's Spiritual Father
- BRIEF CONFESSION BEFORE A SPIRITUAL FATHER
- Compiled by the late Archbishop Tikhon of San Francisco
Based on a longer version by St Dimitry of Rostov. - A sincere confession of an Orthodox Christian
- An Orthodox Confession Which Leads the Inward Man To Humility
ABOUT CONFESSION
- What Is Necessary for a Saving Confession? by Metropolitan Innocent of Moscow
- A Catechism for Confession
- Thoughts about the Relationship between Confession and Communion
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