1. The document provides guidance for examining one's conscience in preparation for confession during Advent, including the 10 Commandments and an Act of Contrition. 2. It offers instructions on how to go to confession, including confessing all sins by kind and number and receiving absolution from the priest. 3. The document concludes with prayers to stir up God's power and come to deliver people from the dangers of their sins as they await Christ's coming.

1. Advent 2006 “Prepare the way of the Lord.” Prepare your heart.

14. Confess your Sins.

17. Wait with patience. Stir up thy power, O Lord, and come, that by thy protection we may be rescued from the dangers that beset us through our sins; and be a Redeemer to deliver us; Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

18. Wait in prayer. Stir up thy hearts, O Lord, to prepare the paths of thine Only – begotten Son: that we may worthily serve thee with hearts purified by His coming: Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

19. Wait with wisdom and joy. We beseech thee to listen to our prayers, O Lord, and by the grace of they coming enlighten our darkened minds: Thou who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

20. Wait with anticipation. Pour forth thy power, O Lord and come: Assist us by that might power, so that by thy grace and merciful kindness we may swiftly receive the salvation that our sins impede: Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

21. O Come, O Come Emmanuel.