{"id":781265,"date":"2022-01-04T09:53:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T08:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/les-confessions\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:55:57","slug":"confessions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/day-pilgrims\/confessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"781265\" class=\"elementor elementor-781265 elementor-779179\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef039b3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef039b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">To confess<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc17a49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc17a49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">April to November: <\/BR>\n10.30 am - 12.00 pm &amp; 3.00 pm \u2013 6.00 pm<\/BR>\nFree access<\/BR>\n<\/BR>\nNovember to April: <\/BR>\n10.30 am - 12.00 pm &amp; 3.00 pm \u2013 5.00 pm<\/BR>\nFree access<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e683179\" data-id=\"e683179\" 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confess<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c7ae17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c7ae17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">In Lourdes, the Virgin Mary asked Bernadette to pray for the Conversion of sinners. Although Lourdes is a place of healing for the body, it is above all a place of healing for the soul.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">To confess is to receive forgiveness from God, it is to be reconciled with Him, with others and with oneself. The \u201cChapelains\u201d of the Sanctuary are there all year round to enable us to receive Pardon and are ready and waiting at the Chapel of Reconciliation.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">If you don&#8217;t know what to do, they are there to guide you through this liberating process and if you are worried, you can simply go to the \u201clistening post\u201d.<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">How to go to confession? What happens?<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>Welcome<\/b>: Briefly introduce yourself to the priest. If you wish, you can tell him your first name, and say whether you have ever been to Confession before. You can also say, \u201cBless me my father for I have sinned.\u201d<br \/><strong>Confession:<\/strong> You can start by telling the priest what you want to say thank you to God for, the special things He is doing in your life.<br \/>Then you can express what is bothering you, everything that makes it impossible for you to live in peace in the love of God, so anything that weighs heavily on you and which in front of God you wish you had not done.<br \/><strong>Conversion:<\/strong> The priest helps you see more clearly, he speaks to you and offers you a new way of living in the light.<br \/><strong>Contrition:<\/strong> You can express your regret by saying one of the prayers the priest suggests to you: \u201cMy God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against you whom I should love above all things. 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