About the formula you hear in the Sacrament of Penance

There are major differences in the rite of the Sacrament of Penance (Reconciliation) between the Vetus Ordo and the post-Conciliar Novus Ordo except in the essential form of the sacrament, the necessary words to impart the form of absolution. Those remain the same.

However, we are not minimalists who don’t care about all of the rest of the stuff so long as the sacrament is valid. That’s the attitude that libs have who screw around with prayers of Mass, even the Eucharistic Prayer, sometimes the very “institution narrative” at the time of the consecration. “After all, as long as it’s valid, hey! I know how to improve it and make it more meaningful!” (Read: “I’m a clericalist jackass and I have contempt for you.”)

I have posted on this before, but not for a long time. It is good to review.

In the Novus Ordo side of things, recently a new and more accurate translation of the form of absolution was implemented. This is what Latin Church priests are to say.

NEW VERSION:

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