Byzantine Catholic Prayers of Absolution
The Byzantine tradition has some beautiful prayers for absolution at the end of the Mystery of Confession or Penance, but I have had trouble finding them online, so I have copied them out here. The simplest, and probably most common, prayer is the following: May our Lord and God, Jesus Christ, through the grace and mercies of His love for us all, forgive you all your transgressions. And I, an unworthy priest, by His power given to me, forgive and absolve you from all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. However, the original Byzantine prayer of absolution is the following: God, who forgave David the evil deeds he confessed through Nathan the prophet, who forgave Peter his denial when he wept bitterly, who forgave the sinful woman who shed tears on his feet, and who forgave the publican and the prodigal, may this same God, through me, a sinner, forgive you (Name) both in this age and in the age to come, and make you stand u...