id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005195761 Catholic Church. Rite for reconciliation of individual penitents : confessor's booklet. 1976 .txt text/plain 2364 131 83 Then the priest extends his hands over the peni- tent’s head (or at least extends his right hand) and says: God, the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins; through the ministry of the Church may God give you pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit. The priest proposes an act of penance which the penitent accepts to make satisfaction for sin and to amend his life. cache/_005195761.txt txt/_005195761.txt